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This paper analyses data from the 2011 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) to examine the characteristics of Chinese midlife individuals aged 45-64 who are potentially being ‘sandwiched’ between providing care to older parents/parents-in-law and/or younger grandchildren (under age 16). Binary logistic and multinomial regression models shed light on the factors associated with providing support to one generation or multiple generations. The results highlight that amongst the Chinese mid-life sandwich generation, 58 per cent only provide care to their young grandchildren, 23 per cent only provide care to their parents/parents-in-law, whilst 15 per cent are simultaneously supporting both generations. Rather than acting as competing demands upon the mid-lifers’ time, the multivariate analysis provides evidence that the provision of intergenerational care is complementary, with caring for grandchildren increasing the probability of also supporting one’s parents/ parents-in-law, and vice versa. However, an increase in the number of younger grandchildren has a negative impact on the care provided to older parents/parents-in-law, indicating that at higher care intensities there may be competing demands across the generations. 10.1017/S0144686X19000369 0144-686X 1-28 Falkingham, Jane 8df36615-1547-4a6d-ad55-aa9496e85519 Evandrou, Maria cd2210ea-9625-44d7-b0f4-fc0721a25d28 Qin, Min 10d55bfb-f7e6-409a-bcc5-6d2ba1f743e8 Vlachantoni, Athina 06a52fbb-f2a0-4c81-9fbc-d6efc736c6cb Falkingham, Jane 8df36615-1547-4a6d-ad55-aa9496e85519 Evandrou, Maria cd2210ea-9625-44d7-b0f4-fc0721a25d28 Qin, Min 10d55bfb-f7e6-409a-bcc5-6d2ba1f743e8 Vlachantoni, Athina 06a52fbb-f2a0-4c81-9fbc-d6efc736c6cb Falkingham, Jane, Evandrou, Maria, Qin, Min and Vlachantoni, Athina (2019) Informal care provision across multiple generations in China. Ageing & Society, 1-28. (doi:10.1017/S0144686X19000369). Record type: Article Abstract With increasing life expectancy, changes in family structure and, most recently, the relaxation of the hitherto strict family planning policies, understanding how mid-life individuals support multiple generations, particularly their older parents and younger grandchildren, is of increasing research and policy significance in China. This paper analyses data from the 2011 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) to examine the characteristics of Chinese midlife individuals aged 45-64 who are potentially being ‘sandwiched’ between providing care to older parents/parents-in-law and/or younger grandchildren (under age 16). Binary logistic and multinomial regression models shed light on the factors associated with providing support to one generation or multiple generations. The results highlight that amongst the Chinese mid-life sandwich generation, 58 per cent only provide care to their young grandchildren, 23 per cent only provide care to their parents/parents-in-law, whilst 15 per cent are simultaneously supporting both generations. Rather than acting as competing demands upon the mid-lifers’ time, the multivariate analysis provides evidence that the provision of intergenerational care is complementary, with caring for grandchildren increasing the probability of also supporting one’s parents/ parents-in-law, and vice versa. However, an increase in the number of younger grandchildren has a negative impact on the care provided to older parents/parents-in-law, indicating that at higher care intensities there may be competing demands across the generations. Text Informal care provision across multiple generations in China - Accepted Manuscript Available under License Creative Commons Attribution. 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Download (920kB) More information Accepted/In Press date: 1 March 2019 e-pub ahead of print date: 25 April 2019 Identifiers Local EPrints ID: 428629 URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/428629 DOI: doi:10.1017/S0144686X19000369 ISSN: 0144-686X PURE UUID: f3485c72-2b8f-47b2-8faf-d810eda9c58a ORCID for Jane Falkingham: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7135-5875 ORCID for Athina Vlachantoni: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1539-3057 Catalogue record Date deposited: 05 Mar 2019 17:30 Last modified: 10 Aug 2019 00:36 Export record [ASCII Citation_______________] Export Altmetrics Contributors Author: Jane Falkingham ORCID iD Author: Maria Evandrou Author: Min Qin Author: Athina Vlachantoni ORCID iD University divisions * Faculties (pre 2018 reorg) > Faculty of Engineering and the Environment (pre 2018 reorg) > Southampton Marine & Maritime Institute (pre 2018 reorg) * Current Faculties > Faculty of Social Sciences > Economic, Social and Political Sciences > Gerontology Economic, Social and Political Sciences > Gerontology * Current Faculties > Faculty of Social Sciences > Economic, Social and Political Sciences > Centre for Population Change Economic, Social and Political Sciences > Centre for Population Change * Current Faculties > Faculty of Social Sciences Download statistics Downloads from ePrints over the past year. 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