Grandparenting in China

Educational inequality across generations in rural, urban, and migration settings

von Nuo Hou

231 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Educational inequality has been largely examined through nuclear family-based research, yet the role of extended family members, especially grandparents, remains underexplored (Mare, 2011). This book investigates grandparental effects on grandchildren’s educational outcomes in China, where three-generation co-residence prevails and grandparental involvement in childcare remains intensive. Results reveal that grandchildren with better-educated grandparents perform better in school, with household educational investment as a key mediator. Grandchildren also benefit academically from higher educational expectations among low-SES grandmothers, and from consistent authoritative parents and grandparents. This book suggests that educational inequality research should move beyond the parent-child dyad and explore the role of grandparents in the intergenerational reproduction of educational inequality.

• Reihe: Familienforschung
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik / Erziehungswissenschaften
• ISBN: 9783658523961
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.08.2026
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH