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Since the Start of the Great Recession, More Children Raised by Grandparents [PDF]
, 2010 Examines 2000-08 trends in the share of children living with and/or being raised by grandparents by race/ethnicity and poverty level. Analyzes the recession's impact, grandparent caregivers' characteristics, and their own and parents' views of their ...
Gretchen Livingston, Kim Parker
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Grandparental Child Care in Europe: Evidence for Preferential Investment in More Certain Kin
Evolutionary Psychology, 2011 Theories of kin selection and parental investment predict stronger investment in children and grandchildren by women and maternal kin. Due to paternity uncertainty, parental and grandparental investments along paternal lineages are based on less certain ...
Mirkka Danielsbacka +3 more
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Journal of Family Research, 2020 Grandparents can play a supportive role when parents are divorced, but we know little about how important they actually are for the well-being of grandchildren. Existing studies do not distinguish between grandparental lineages.
Maaike Jappens, Jan van Bavel
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Grandchildren raised by grandparents a troubling trend
California Agriculture, 2001 This study was conducted in response to requests for demographic and needs data on children living with grandparents in California and elsewhere. The 1990 U.S.
M Blackburn
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Life Satisfaction and Grandparenthood: Evidence from a Nationwide Survey [PDF]
This paper tests whether there is a potential payoff to grandparenthood in terms of life satisfaction. Using the new nationwide survey for the UK, which consists of over 5,000 grandparents and 6,000 non-grandparents aged 40 and above, and a flexible ...
Powdthavee, Nattavudh
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Mind the gap: grandparents raising grandchildren [PDF]
The population of grandparents raising their grandchildren is rising. These families face unique pressures, such as finding appropriate and affordable housing. In Boston, one housing community meets their needs.
Kristin Kanders
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On the Demand for Grandchildren: Tied Transfers and the Demonstration Effect [PDF]
Most private giving between living generations takes the form of "tied" transfers, such as help with housing downpayments. We argue that parents provide help with downpayments in order to encourage the production of grandchildren, and that such a ...
Cox, Donald, Stark, Oded
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A Tradition of Giving: New Research on Giving and Volunteering Within Families [PDF]
, 2016 SummaryParents who volunteer with charitable organizations are more likely to have children who volunteer for, and give to, charitable organizations.While the philanthropic priorities of parents and their children are more closely aligned than those of ...
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The Impact of Grandparents-Grandchildren Relationships on Creativity and Emotional Intelligence
Journal of Educational Studies, 2019 The present research aims to see to what extent the impact of grandparents on grandchildren influences their creativity. Moreover, we try to see if there are major differences between the permanent or sporadic relationships between grandparents and ...
Ada Tamara Bunduc (Checheriță)
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The 100-year family Longer lives, fewer children [PDF]
, 2020 This paper investigates how the role and resilience of the family in the UK has changed over time, and explores how it is coming under increasing pressure from external demographic and economic forces.
Mayhew, L., Smith, D.
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