Rachel E Dunifon

Biographic Data

ID119122
NAMERachel E Dunifon
GIVEN NAMESRachel E
FAMILY NAMEDunifon
SIGNATUREDUNIFON R E
AFFILIATIONSCornell University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS155
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX7

  • Historical Trends in Children Living in Multigenerational Households in the United States: 1870–2018

    Open AccessNatasha V Pilkauskas, Mariana Amorim et al.ARTICLEDemography2020Cited by: 19References: 47

    Over the last two decades, the share of U.S. children under age 18 who live in a multigenerational household (with a grandparent and parent) has increased dramatically. Yet we do not know whether this increase is a recent phenomenon or a return to earlier levels of coresidence. Using data from the decennial census from 1870 to 2010 and the 2018 American Community Survey, we examine historical trends in children’s multigenerational living arrangem…

  • Time with Grandchildren: Subjective Well-Being Among Grandparents Living with Their Grandchildren

    Open AccessRachel E Dunifon, Rachel Dunifon et al.ARTICLESocial Indicators Research2020Cited by: 13References: 34

  • Backup Parents, Playmates, Friends: Grandparents' Time With Grandchildren

    Open AccessRachel E Dunifon, Rachel Dunifon et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family2018Cited by: 25References: 21

    Grandparents play varied roles in their grandchildren's lives. Prior work has focused mostly on historical trends in and implications of grandparent coresidence and has not considered more broadly how grandparents and grandchildren interact. Using time-use diary data for 6,762 person-years from the 1997 to 2007 waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics Child Development Survey, the authors examine patterns in the amount and activity composition…

  • Understanding Grandfamilies: Characteristics of Grandparents, Nonresident Parents, and Children

    Open AccessNatasha V Pilkauskas, Rachel E Dunifon et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family2016Cited by: 19References: 16

    Using data from the Year 9 Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N ∼ 3,182), we investigated the characteristics grandfamilies (grandparents raising their grandchildren with no parent present, N = 84) and compared them to other key groups, including children's nonresident parents and other economically disadvantaged families with children. Results show that grandparents raising their grandchildren were generally better off in terms of educa…

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

    Open AccessRachel E Dunifon, Rachel Dunifon et al.ARTICLEThe Annals of the American…2014Cited by: 34References: 37

    U.S. children today have increasingly diverse living arrangements. In 2012, 10 percent of children lived with at least one grandparent; 8 percent lived in three-generational households, consisting of a parent and a grandparent; while 2 percent lived with a grandparent and no parent in the household. This article reviews the literature on grandparent coresidence and presents new research on children coresiding with grandparents in modern families.…

  • Parental employment and children's body weight: Mothers, others, and mechanisms

    Kathleen M Ziol‐guest, Kathleen M Ziol-Guest et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2013Cited by: 15References: 29

  • Employment Patterns of Less-Skilled Workers: Links to Children’s Behavior and Academic Progress

    Open AccessRonald C Johnson, Rucker C Johnson et al.ARTICLEDemography2012Cited by: 30References: 39

    Using data from five waves of the Women’s Employment Survey (WES; 1997–2003), we examine the links between low-income mothers’ employment patterns and the emotional behavior and academic progress of their children. We find robust and substantively important linkages between several different dimensions of mothers’ employment experiences and child outcomes. The pattern of results is similar across empirical approaches—including ordinary least squa…