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Anthropological Review, 2016 Homo sapiens is a typical cooperative breeder and grandparents are among the most important caregivers besides the mothers. Grandparental investment however differs markedly between maternal and paternal grandparents but also between grandmothers and ...
Kirchengast Sylvia, Putz Beatrix
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With Strings Attached: Grandparent-provided child care, fertility, and female labour market outcomes [PDF]
, 2012 Grandparents are regular providers of free child care. Similar to any other form of child care, availability of grandparent-provided child care affects fertility and labor market decisions of women positively.
GARCIA-MORAN, Eva, KUEHN, Zoe
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Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research, 2015 Objectives. To describe the health characteristics of solo grandparents raising grandchildren compared with single parents. Methods. Using the 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, respondents identified as a single grandparent raising a ...
D. Whitley +2 more
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Selection into Mixed Marriages: Evidence from North Carolina, 1894-1906 [PDF]
, 2015 Using a novel dataset from agricultural censuses and geological sources, I examine the selec- tion into mixed marriages between whites and Cherokee Indians in North Carolina during the late nineteenth century.
Gregg, Matthew T.
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Exploring Drug Use Among Youth Raised by Custodial Grandparents and Other Caregiver Types
YouthJuvenile substance use continues to be well researched. Prior research suggests that youth substance use can have far-reaching impacts. While several causes of substance use have been explored, including parental supervision and family structure, it is ...
Natalie Goulette +2 more
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Evolutionary Psychology, 2007 Several studies conducted from an evolutionary perspective have documented differential investment in grandchildren by lineage. The majority of these studies have used retrospective ratings by grandchildren, but only a fraction of these studies have ...
Thomas V. Pollet +2 more
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A Semantic Similarity Measure for Expressive Description Logics
, 2009 A totally semantic measure is presented which is able to calculate a similarity value between concept descriptions and also between concept description and individual or between individuals expressed in an expressive description logic.
d'Amato, Claudia +2 more
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Grandparent–Grandchild Relationships [PDF]
, 2015 A brief review of major conceptual notions and empirical findings within the literature on grandparent–grandchild relationships is presented. Four major topics for understanding the intergenerational relationship are addressed: the historical context, the importance of the relationship, changes over individual time, and culture and variation. The focus
Geurts, T., van Tilburg, T.G.
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The changing role of grandparents [PDF]
Recent changes in family and society have meant that the roles grandparents take on have changed. Many grandparents are playing a bigger and more responsible part of grandchild care than they may have expected, which means additional pressures on their ...
Centre for Community Child Health
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Grandparents and women's participation in the labor market [PDF]
The conciliation of work and family life is a challenge to most women. In some countries, although not in southern Europe, women make significant use of part-time schedules as a way of balancing work and family life.
José Passos, Paula Albuquerque
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