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Household Structure and Economic Well-Being - Focused on the coresident grandparents and grandchildren in the U.S. -  

Kim Hyochung (Dept. of Family & Consumer Sciences, Inje University)
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Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association / v.42, no.12, 2004 , pp. 15-29 More about this Journal
Abstract
Since the 1990s there have been increasing concerns about coresident grandparents and their children in the U.S. This study focused on the coresident grandparents and grandchildren, categorized into 6 household structures, and examined whether household structure with sociodemographic variables affected economic well-being. The data from the University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study (HRS) were used, and frequencies, $x^2$ tests, ANOVA, and logistic regression analysis were conducted by SPSS Windows. The results of the study showed that there was a significant difference in the yearly household income among the 6 household structures. In addition, household structure affected the economic well-being. Especially, grandchildren in grandmother only, some parents present families, and in grandmother only, no parent families were more likely to be poor than those in both grandparents.
Keywords
household structure; coresidence of grandparents and grandchildren; economic well-being;
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