It Is A Satisfaction To Take Care Of My Grandchildren: Informal Care Of Cucu Amongmalay Grandmothers In Kuching
Despite the relatively high degree of research in formal care settings or licensed services, there remains lack of research on issues faced by the informal care providers. Grandparents are by far the greatest providers of informal child care, yet little is known about their experiences or factor ass...
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| author | Jamayah, Saili Edris, Aden Siti Norazilah, Mohd Said Nor Hasniah, Ibrahim |
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| description | Despite the relatively high degree of research in formal care settings or licensed services, there remains lack of research on issues faced by the informal care providers. Grandparents are by far the greatest providers of informal child care, yet little is known about their experiences or factor associated with this type of care and its implications. The rise in the number of maternal employment is seen as being among the most significant changes to have affected family organisation. There are several popular assumptions that may be held by general public: that grandmothers are overburden and stress looking after their cucu. This study sought to determine the profile and the prevalence of grandmothers providing extensive care for grandchildren. Using a sample of three grandmothers aged 58, 62 and 65 years old, this paper explores the voices of grandmothers in taking care of their grandchildren. This paper thus highlights some of the experiences of the grandmothers including the thoughts of the descendents, the rewarding side and the roles and expectations. As the informal care by grandparents is increasingly popular, the research outcomes will have important implications to the extant literature on grandparents taking care of their grandchildren. |
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| spelling | unimas-137432016-10-07T07:50:59Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13743/ It Is A Satisfaction To Take Care Of My Grandchildren: Informal Care Of Cucu Amongmalay Grandmothers In Kuching Jamayah, Saili Edris, Aden Siti Norazilah, Mohd Said Nor Hasniah, Ibrahim HM Sociology Despite the relatively high degree of research in formal care settings or licensed services, there remains lack of research on issues faced by the informal care providers. Grandparents are by far the greatest providers of informal child care, yet little is known about their experiences or factor associated with this type of care and its implications. The rise in the number of maternal employment is seen as being among the most significant changes to have affected family organisation. There are several popular assumptions that may be held by general public: that grandmothers are overburden and stress looking after their cucu. This study sought to determine the profile and the prevalence of grandmothers providing extensive care for grandchildren. Using a sample of three grandmothers aged 58, 62 and 65 years old, this paper explores the voices of grandmothers in taking care of their grandchildren. This paper thus highlights some of the experiences of the grandmothers including the thoughts of the descendents, the rewarding side and the roles and expectations. As the informal care by grandparents is increasingly popular, the research outcomes will have important implications to the extant literature on grandparents taking care of their grandchildren. Institute of Borneo Studies, UNIMAS 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13743/1/IT%20IS%20A%20SATISFACTION%20TO%20TAKE%20CARE%20OF%20MY%20GRANDCHILDREN.pdf Jamayah, Saili and Edris, Aden and Siti Norazilah, Mohd Said and Nor Hasniah, Ibrahim (2016) It Is A Satisfaction To Take Care Of My Grandchildren: Informal Care Of Cucu Amongmalay Grandmothers In Kuching. Journal of Borneo Kalimantan, 2 (1). ISSN 2289-2583 |
| spellingShingle | HM Sociology Jamayah, Saili Edris, Aden Siti Norazilah, Mohd Said Nor Hasniah, Ibrahim It Is A Satisfaction To Take Care Of My Grandchildren: Informal Care Of Cucu Amongmalay Grandmothers In Kuching |
| title | It Is A Satisfaction To Take Care Of My Grandchildren:
Informal Care Of Cucu Amongmalay Grandmothers In Kuching |
| title_full | It Is A Satisfaction To Take Care Of My Grandchildren:
Informal Care Of Cucu Amongmalay Grandmothers In Kuching |
| title_fullStr | It Is A Satisfaction To Take Care Of My Grandchildren:
Informal Care Of Cucu Amongmalay Grandmothers In Kuching |
| title_full_unstemmed | It Is A Satisfaction To Take Care Of My Grandchildren:
Informal Care Of Cucu Amongmalay Grandmothers In Kuching |
| title_short | It Is A Satisfaction To Take Care Of My Grandchildren:
Informal Care Of Cucu Amongmalay Grandmothers In Kuching |
| title_sort | it is a satisfaction to take care of my grandchildren:
informal care of cucu amongmalay grandmothers in kuching |
| topic | HM Sociology |
| url | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13743/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13743/1/IT%20IS%20A%20SATISFACTION%20TO%20TAKE%20CARE%20OF%20MY%20GRANDCHILDREN.pdf |