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Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2023 In South Africa, there appears to be a paradigm shift where the majority of the country’s children are taken care of by their grandparents. This article explores the states of reciprocity existing in grandparent-grandchildren care in Mdlankomo location ...
Aseza Soganga, Simon Murote Kang’ethe
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Grandparents raising grandchildren: analysis of an inquiry-intervention of their experiences [PDF]
, 2022 This Doctoral Thesis on Professional Practices collects thirty-five years of research and intervention work by the author, synthesized into methodological presentations and the Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of recorded materials of experiences ...
Torres Calderon, N.
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Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2019 In South Africa grandparents play a significant role in family life. A qualitative study was undertaken to explore and describe the perspectives of grandparents caring for their grandchildren with substance use disorder (SUD).
Schultz, Peter , Shirindi, Linda
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The role of mating effort and co-residence history in step-grandparental investment
Evolutionary Human SciencesThe prevalence of divorce in both parental and grandparental generations has led to a rise in the number of children who now have families that include both biological and step-grandparents.
Jenni E. Pettay +3 more
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Lived experience of being a grandparent in one region of Spain: a qualitative study
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundThe evolution of the family model in Europe in the 21st century, and particularly in Spain, has led to grandparents playing a major role in caring for their grandchildren.
Sofia García-Sanjuán +10 more
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Grandparent childcare and labour market participation in Australia [PDF]
, 2015 This study explores the intersection between grandparents’ childcare provision and their labour market and retirement decisions. In the context of an ageing population and the associated challenges this will pose, there is growing policy ...
Bridget Jenkins +3 more
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Grandparents raising grandchildren: towards recognition, respect and reward [PDF]
, 2013 Executive Summary: Grandparents have long played a major role in the lives of their children and grandchildren, with some providing extensive emotional, material and practical support.
Deborah Brennan
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Sociodemographic Factors Associated With Hours Worked by Primary Carers in Australia
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Primary caregivers constitute a major unpaid workforce in Australia. The aim of this study was to determine the sociodemographic factors that are associated with carer workloads. Multinomial logistic regression modelling was applied to the nation‐wide Australian Government survey.
Andrew J. Hamilton
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When Distance Keeps Families Apart: The Complexities of Visiting Emigrant Children
GenealogyMigration has become an inescapable reality affecting South African families, extending its impact far beyond the immigrant to those staying behind. The geographical separation of parents from their adult children and grandchildren significantly alters ...
Sulette Ferreira
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Activism as education in and through the youth climate justice movement
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Young people worldwide are increasingly participating in a global movement for climate justice, yet to date, little research has examined how youth climate justice activists conceive of and experience activism as education. The present study used in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews with 16 US climate justice activists (aged 15–17) to address ...
Carlie D. Trott
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