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The responsibility continuum: never primary, coresident and caregiver
— heterogeneity in the African-American grandmother experience | | Author(s) | Rosalyn D Lee, Margaret E Ensminger, Thomas A LaVeist |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 60, no 4, 2005 |
| Pages | pp 295-304 |
| Source | http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Black people ; Grandparents as carers ; Grandmothers ; Family relationships ; Grandchildren ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Diversity among 543 African-American grandmothers from the Woodlawn Longitudinal Study in Chicago is examined. Women were categorised on the basis of their household composition, degree of care provided to grandchildren, and status of primary caregiver to grandchildren during lifetime. Overall, 67.7% of the sample engaged in parenting and exchange behaviours at high or moderate levels. 27% co-resided with and provided care to grandchildren; 28% did not co-reside but had been primary caregivers in the past; and 45% did not co-reside and had never been primarily responsible for a grandchild. Heterogeneity was found among seven grandmother types on economic measures, life events and grandchild characteristics. Grandmothers with earlier primary responsibility and those currently in homes of three or more generations were associated with poor outcomes. Policy and practice can be informed by additional research on status, context and timing of assuming responsibilities for grandchildren. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050622205 A |
| Classmark | TKE: P6:SW: SW2: DS:SJ: SW5: 3F: 7T |
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