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Mexican American grandparents raising grandchildren: findings from the census 2000 American Community Survey
- Authors:
- FULLER-THOMSON Esme, MINKLER Meredith
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 88(4), October 2007, pp.567-574.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
Using nationally representative data from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey/ American Community Survey, this article documents the profile of the estimated 177,000 Mexican American grandparents aged 45 and older who were raising their grandchildren in 2000. One in 20 Mexican Americans was raising a grandchild, a proportion four times higher than that of non- Hispanic Whites. When compared with their non-caregiving Mexican American peers, grandparent caregivers had higher rates of poverty and overcrowding. Only a small minority of grandparent caregivers living in poverty used public assistance or food stamps. The hypothesis that grandparents raising grandchildren were less acculturated than noncaregivers was not supported by the data. Implications for social work practice, policy, and research
American grandparents providing extensive child care to their grandchildren: prevalence and profile
- Authors:
- FULLER-THOMSON Esme, MINKLER Meredith
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 41(2), April 2001, pp.201-209.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Article examines the prevalence and profile of US grandparents providing extensive care for a grandchild (grandparents who provide 30+ hours per week or 90+ nights per year of child care, yet are not the primary care giver of the grandchild) through analysis of the grandparent respondents in the 1992-94 National Survey of Families and Households. Extensively care giving grandparents were compared with custodial grandparents (those with primary responsibility for raising a grandchild for 6+ months), non care givers, occasional care givers (<10 hours per week), and intermediate care givers. Close to 7 percent of all grandparents provided extensive care giving, as did 14.9 percent of those who had provided any grandchild care in the last month. Extensive care givers most closely resembled custodial care givers and had least in common with those grandparents who never provided child care.
American Indian/Alaskan native grandparents raising grandchildren: findings from the Census 2000 supplementary survey
- Authors:
- FULLER-THOMSON Esme, MINKLER Meredith
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 50(2), April 2005, pp.131-140.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Documents the prevalence and national profile of American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) grandparents who are raising their grandchildren, based on data from the American Community Survey/Census 2000 Supplementary Survey. In 2000 there were estimated to be nearly 53,000 AI/AN grandparent caregivers age 45 and older in the United States. Almost half of the caregiving grandparents had been raising a grandchild for five years or longer. The findings reveal a portrait of grandparents committed to raising their grandchildren despite the fact that many were living in extreme poverty, with ill health, and with limited resources and services. One-third of grandparent caregivers were living below the poverty line, and only one-quarter of these were receiving public assistance. Even when compared with their noncaregiving AI/AN peers, grandparents raising grandchildren were disproportionately female, poor, living with a functional disability, and living in overcrowded conditions. Implications for social work practice are presented and recommendations for policy and research are discussed.
Housing issues and realities facing grandparent caregivers who are renters
- Authors:
- FULLER-THOMSON Esme, MINKLER Meredith
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 43(1), February 2003, pp.92-98.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This study determined the prevalence of grandparents raising grandchildren who are living in rental housing and explored the sociodemographic characteristics and challenges faced by such renters. Grandparent caregivers who are renters represent a particularly vulnerable population.