Step-grandparenthood in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study provides new information about the demography of step-grandparenthood in the United States. Specifically, we examine the prevalence of step-grandparenthood across birth cohorts and for socioeconomic and racial/ethnic groups. We also examine lifetime exposure to the step-grandparent role.

Methods

Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the Health and Retirement Study, we use percentages to provide first estimates of step-grandparenthood and to describe demographic and socioeconomic variation in who is a step-grandparent. We use life tables to estimate the exposure to step-grandparenthood.

Results

The share of step-grandparents is increasing across birth cohorts. However, individuals without a college education and non-Whites are mor

SUBMITTER: Yahirun JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6093390 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature