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The poor relation?
— grandparental care: where older people's poverty and child poverty meet: interim report | | Author(s) | Julia Griggs |
| Corporate Author | Grandparents Plus; Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC); Department for Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford |
| Publisher | Grandparents Plus - electronic download, London, June 2009 |
| Pages | 22 pp |
| Source | Download (29/6/09): http://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/ |
| Keywords | Grandparents as carers ; Poverty ; Social class ; Family relationships ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | The author has used data from the British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey for 2007 to build a more comprehensive picture of Britain's grandparent population and the significant role played by grandparents in providing support for their children and care for their grandchildren. This interim report looks at changes in the last ten years in the socio-economic and income aspects of being a grandparent. It notes that working class grandparents are more likely than middle class grandparents to belong to four-generation families, and that working age grandmothers on low incomes are most likely to be providing the childcare. There is also a direct correlation between a mother's employment and whether her own mother is still alive. Overall, the grandparental contribution is being shaped by an ageing population, increased family diversification, and increased participation by mothers in the workforce. In turn, these changes affect grandparents own (financial) well-being. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090630001 E |
| Classmark | P6:SW: W6: T: DS:SJ: 3F |
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