Grandparental support and maternal depression: Do grandparents’ characteristics matter more for separating mothers?

Niina Metsä-Simola, Anna Baranowska-Rataj, Hanna Remes, Mine Kühn and Pekka Martikainen

Population Studies, 2024, vol. 78, issue 3, 503-523

Abstract: Grandparental support may protect mothers from depression, particularly mothers who separate and enter single parenthood. Using longitudinal Finnish register data on 116,917 separating and 371,703 non-separating mothers with young children, we examined differences in mothers’ antidepressant purchases by grandparental characteristics related to provision of support. Grandparents’ younger age (

Date: 2024
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