Open AccessAfrican American Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: A National Study Using the Census 2000 American Community Survey
Author(s) -
Meredith Minkler,
Esme FullerThomson
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/60.2.s82
Subject(s) - grandparent , raising (metalworking) , census , american community survey , demography , african american , gerontology , medicine , psychology , sociology , population , developmental psychology , ethnology , geometry , mathematics
The objective of this work was to determine the prevalence, sociodemographic characteristics, and service utilization patterns of African American grandparents raising grandchildren compared with noncaregiving peers.
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