Grandparent Coresidence and Family Well-Being: Implications for Research and Policy

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 654, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 110-126

  Dunifon, Rachel E ^a   Ziol Guest, Kathleen M ^b   Kopko, Kimberly ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child well being; custodial grandparent; grandparent coresidence; living arrangements; three generational family

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902196912     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716214526530     Document Type: Review

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