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| Matrilineal advantage in grandchild-grandparent relations | | Author(s) | Christopher G Chan, Glen H Elder Jr |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 40, no 2, April 2000 |
| Pages | pp 179-190 |
| Keywords | Grandparents ; Grandchildren ; Family relationships ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Data from the Iowa Youth and Families Project indicates that the observed matrilinear advantage in grandchildren-grandparent ties arises from lineage differentials in the quality of relations between grandparents and the parents of grandchildren. Specifically, better relations between mothers and the maternal line facilitate closer ties between grandchildren and maternal grandparents. Fathers' closer ties with the paternal side also promote better relations between a grandchild and paternal grandparents, but the greater prevalence of matrilineal bias in parent-grandparent ties leads to an overall matrilineal advantage in grandchild-grandparent relations. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001102204 A |
| Classmark | SW: SW5: DS:SJ: 3F: 7T |
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