TY - JOUR
T1 - Grandparents Providing Care to Grandchildren
T2 - A Population-Based Study of Continuity and Change
AU - Luo, Ye
AU - LaPierre, Tracey A.
AU - Hughes, Mary Elizabeth
AU - Waite, Linda J.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research is supported by Grants P01 AG 18911 and R37 AG030481 from the National Institute on Aging.
Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/9
Y1 - 2012/9
N2 - This study examines transitions in grandchild care and the characteristics of grandparents making these transitions, using longitudinal data from a nationally representative sample of 13,626 grandparents in the 1998-2008 Health and Retirement Study. More than 60% of grandparents provided grandchild care over the 10-year period; more than 70% of those did it for 2 years or more. Grandparents with fewer functional limitations and more economic resources were more likely to start or continue nonresidential care, whereas relatively disadvantaged grandparents were more likely to start and continue coresidential care. Grandparents who were African American, younger, married, living with fewer minor children of their own, or had more grandchildren were more likely to start care, particularly nonresidential care. African Americans and Hispanics were more likely than Whites to start and continue coresidential care. These findings demonstrate the heterogeneity of caregiving and point to the lack of resources among those who provide coresidential care.
AB - This study examines transitions in grandchild care and the characteristics of grandparents making these transitions, using longitudinal data from a nationally representative sample of 13,626 grandparents in the 1998-2008 Health and Retirement Study. More than 60% of grandparents provided grandchild care over the 10-year period; more than 70% of those did it for 2 years or more. Grandparents with fewer functional limitations and more economic resources were more likely to start or continue nonresidential care, whereas relatively disadvantaged grandparents were more likely to start and continue coresidential care. Grandparents who were African American, younger, married, living with fewer minor children of their own, or had more grandchildren were more likely to start care, particularly nonresidential care. African Americans and Hispanics were more likely than Whites to start and continue coresidential care. These findings demonstrate the heterogeneity of caregiving and point to the lack of resources among those who provide coresidential care.
KW - caregiving
KW - grandchildren
KW - grandparents
KW - intergenerational relationship
KW - living arrangements
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U2 - 10.1177/0192513X12438685
DO - 10.1177/0192513X12438685
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84864414024
SN - 0192-513X
VL - 33
SP - 1143
EP - 1167
JO - Journal of Family Issues
JF - Journal of Family Issues
IS - 9
ER -