Adolescent caretaking of younger siblings |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Economics, Brigham Young University, 130 FOB, Provo, UT 84602, United States;2. School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, 2086 JFSB, Provo, UT 84602, United States;3. Department of Economics, Boston University, 270 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215, United States;1. Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA;2. Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA;3. Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA;1. Sociology Department and Maryland Population Research Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA;2. Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA;3. Department of Sociology and California Center for Population Research, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA;1. Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada;2. Institute for Health and Social Policy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Sibling interactions play important roles in socialization; however, little is known about sibling caretaking in contemporary families. This study examined the prevalence of adolescents providing care for younger siblings and the quality of care as associated with a broad spectrum of individual, microsystem, and macrosystem factors. Relying on nationally representative time diary data from the American Time Use Survey, we found that factors at multiple levels (individual, microsystem, and macrosystem) were associated with sibling caretaking. Gendered patterns in caretaking emerged. The caretaker’s sex and the ages and sexes of younger siblings correlated with the incidence and quality of sibling care. Boys more often cared for younger brothers, and girls more often cared for younger sisters. In addition, boys more often played with younger siblings while girls more often provided physical care and talked with younger siblings, mirroring gendered patterns seen in parents. |
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| Keywords: | Adolescence Child care Family interaction Family process Sibling relations |
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