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| Grandmother involvement in child caregiving in an urban community | | Author(s) | Jane L Pearson, Andrea G Hunter, Joan M Cook |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 37, no 5, October 1997 |
| Pages | pp 650-657 |
| Keywords | Grandmothers ; Grandchildren ; Family care ; Living patterns ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In a community-defined, epidemiological sample in East Baltimore, this study examined grandmothers' rates of co-residence and their involvement in four parenting activities. Co-residence rates exceeded the national average. Six types of family households with grandmothers were identified, and their frequency varied by race. Neither grandmother age nor employment was associated with grandmothers' parenting involvement, although family structure was. Grandmothers who were the sole parent (21%) or co-parent with a grandfather (6.5 %) were most involved in child care and had the fewest number of helpers. Grandmothers living with single mothers (41%) were the most involved, while grandmothers in mother/father households (9%) were least involved. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980429409 A |
| Classmark | SW2: SW5: P6:SJ: K7: 7T |
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