Rural versus urban residence as an influence on grandparent caregivers’ needs for service

Bibliographic Data

ID6080669
AuthorsBert Hayslip (0000-0002-7774-5823, University of North Texas, corresponding author), Rebekah P Knight, Rebekah Knight (University of North Texas), Kyle S Page (University of North Texas), Carolyn Phillips
Year2018
Volume16
Issue4
Pages422-440
Publication date2018-10-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Intergenerational Relationships (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1535-0770 • E-ISSN: 1535-0932
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15350770.2018.1489327
OpenAlexW2900507978
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited30

The present study explored the impact of rural (n = 26) versus urban (n = 49) environments on perceived needs for services among grandparent caregivers, wherein persons participated in focus groups targeting their needs and concerns and/or completed a mailed survey. While findings suggested substantial similarity across rural and urban persons in unmet needs, areas of difficulty, and service barriers, rural grandparents who reported their health to be fair or poor reported the greatest unmet needs and experienced the widest array of problem areas, while the opposite was true for urban grandparent caregivers. With few exceptions, sociodemographic factors failed to predict unmet needs, array of problem areas, and barriers. The practice and policy implications of these findings are discussed

Business · Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Focus group · Grandparent · Needs assessment · Political science · Residence · Rural area · Sociology · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Psychology · Gerontology · Marketing

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