Poverty and material hardship in grandparent-headed households

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 947-962

  Baker, Lindsey A ^a   Mutchler, Jan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Family structure; Grandparents grandparenthood; Intergenerational relations; Multigenerational relations; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955137126     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00741.x     Document Type: Article

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