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Education and grandparenting roles
Author(s)	Valarie King, Glen H Elder
Journal title	Research on Aging, vol 20, no 4, July 1998
Pages	pp 450-474
Keywords	Educational status [elderly] ; Grandparents ; Grandchildren ; Personal relationships ; Attitude ; United States of America.
Annotation	The relationship between educational attainment and grandparenting attitudes and behaviours was examined in this US study. A sample of 884 grandparents was selected from two related studies of rural families, the Iowa Youth and Families Project and the Iowa Single Parent Project. Findings revealed that rather than simply indicating greater or lesser involvement, education differentiates the types of roles that grandparents play. Some facets of grandparenting are more common among the less educated (e.g., contact, playing the role of friend), while others are more common among grandparents with higher education (e.g.; discussing the grandchild's future with him or her). The implications of these findings are discussed in light of the seemingly contradictory findings of previous research. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-980721409 A
Classmark	F:V: SW: SW5: DS: DP: 7T
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