Full Citation

Title: Portrait of American Grandparent Families

Citation Type: Book, Section

Publication Year: 2016

ISBN:

ISSN:

DOI:

NSFID:

PMCID:

PMID:

Abstract: While the style and amount of grandparent involvement with grandchildren varies considerably among a number of key demographic and structural lines, grandparenthood nevertheless continues to be a widespread and a hopeful aspiration for the majority of adults in the United States as they age. Survey respondents in one nationally representative sample report having increased their time with family; roughly one quarter of surveyed adults 65 years and older specifically mention time with grandchildren as one of the primary benefits of growing older (Taylor, Morin, Parker, Cohn, and Wang, 2009).

Url: https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Lo-oDQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT54&ots=1C8F49Siqg&sig=Q_Mizfw5UuHXXNYJlDKjaIdFNQk#v=onepage&q=ipums&f=false

User Submitted?: No

Authors: Casper, Lynne M; Florian, Sandra M; Potts, Brady; Brandon, Peter D

Editors: Meyer, Madonna Harrington; Abdul-Malak, Ynesse

Pages:

Volume Title: Grandparenting in the United States

Publisher: Routledge

Publisher Location: New York, NY

Volume:

Edition:

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage

Countries: