Older Parents Providing Child Care for Adult Children: Does It Pay Off?

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 239-250

  Geurts, Teun ^a   Poortman, Anne Rigt ^b   van Tilburg, Theo G ^c  

^a Ministry of Security and Justice   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child care; Grandparents grandparenthood; Intergenerational transfers; Social exchange; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858672432     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00952.x     Document Type: Article

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