The Economic Well‐Being of Households Headed by a Grandmother as Caregiver

Bibliographic Data

ID10540896
AuthorsHwa‐Ok Hannah Park (Kangnam University, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume80
Issue2
Pages264-296
Publication date2006-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Service Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-7961 • E-ISSN: 1537-5404
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/503122
OpenAlexW2009198954
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited22

Using data from the National Survey of America's Families, this study examines the economic well‐being of grandparent‐headed households. It also examines the extent to which targeted income assistance (i.e., cash welfare, food stamps, Supplemental Security Income, and foster care payments) alleviates poverty among different types of grandmother‐headed households. The findings indicate that poverty is greatest among households that are headed by a single (uncoupled) grandmother who lives with grandchildren and that do not include either of the grandchildren's parents. Although transfers bring 15 percent of pretransfer‐poor households out of poverty, many households remain poor after receiving the income assistance. Households headed by a single grandmother are particularly likely to experience extreme poverty

Cash · Cash transfers · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Extreme poverty · Food stamps · Grandparent · Low income · Payment · Poverty · Single mothers · Single parent · Socioeconomics · Welfare · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Finance · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Psychology

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