Household structure and children's educational attainment: A perspective on coresidence with grandparents

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 981-1000

  Monserud, Maria A ^a   Elder, Glen H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coresident grandparents; Educational attainment; Gender; Household structure; Parenting; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053309087     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00858.x     Document Type: Article

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