'We analyzed data from the historic population of the Krummhoern (Ostfriesland, Germany, 1720-1874) to determine the effects of grandparents in general and grandmothers in particular on child mortality. Multilevel event-history models were used to test how the survival of grandparents in general influenced the survival of the children. Random effects were included in some models in order to take the potentially influential effect of unobserved heterogeneity into account. It could be shown that while maternal grandmothers indeed improved the child's survival, paternal grandmothers worsened it. Both grandfathers had no effect. These findings are not only in accordance with the assumptions of the 'grandmother hypothesis' but also may be interp...
In ihrer historischen Studie untersuchen die Autoren den Einfluss der Grossmutter vaeterlicherseits ...
In this paper we analyse data that were collected continuously between 1950 and 1974 from a rural ar...
The present study aims to identify, whether and how supplementary grandchild care is causally relate...
We analyzed data from the historic population of the Krummhörn (Ostfriesland, Germany, 1720-1874) to...
We analyzed data from the historic population of the Krummhörn (Ostfriesland, Germany, 1720-1874) to...
'Historisch diente Verwandtschaft als die essentiellste Quelle für wirtschaftliche Unterstützung und...
Data used in the article One but not two grandmothers increased child survival in poorer families in...
Although grandparents are and have been important alloparents to their grandchildren, they are not n...
The importance of grandparents for their grandchildren is well-studied in several disciplines, and s...
BACKGROUND According to the kin selection theory, grandparental investment has its evolutionary root...
The aim of this dissertation is to examine the relationship between the survival of grandparents and...
The role of grandparents is increasingly important in ageing countries. We use a life course approac...
Human reproductive success requires both producing children and making investments in the developmen...
Background: Grandparenthood is an important phase of life for many individuals, and the grandparent ...
Help is directed towards kin in many cooperative species, but its nature and intensity can vary by c...
In ihrer historischen Studie untersuchen die Autoren den Einfluss der Grossmutter vaeterlicherseits ...
In this paper we analyse data that were collected continuously between 1950 and 1974 from a rural ar...
The present study aims to identify, whether and how supplementary grandchild care is causally relate...
We analyzed data from the historic population of the Krummhörn (Ostfriesland, Germany, 1720-1874) to...
We analyzed data from the historic population of the Krummhörn (Ostfriesland, Germany, 1720-1874) to...
'Historisch diente Verwandtschaft als die essentiellste Quelle für wirtschaftliche Unterstützung und...
Data used in the article One but not two grandmothers increased child survival in poorer families in...
Although grandparents are and have been important alloparents to their grandchildren, they are not n...
The importance of grandparents for their grandchildren is well-studied in several disciplines, and s...
BACKGROUND According to the kin selection theory, grandparental investment has its evolutionary root...
The aim of this dissertation is to examine the relationship between the survival of grandparents and...
The role of grandparents is increasingly important in ageing countries. We use a life course approac...
Human reproductive success requires both producing children and making investments in the developmen...
Background: Grandparenthood is an important phase of life for many individuals, and the grandparent ...
Help is directed towards kin in many cooperative species, but its nature and intensity can vary by c...
In ihrer historischen Studie untersuchen die Autoren den Einfluss der Grossmutter vaeterlicherseits ...
In this paper we analyse data that were collected continuously between 1950 and 1974 from a rural ar...
The present study aims to identify, whether and how supplementary grandchild care is causally relate...