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Canadian first nations grandparents raising grandchildren
— a portrait in resilience | | Author(s) | Esme Fuller-Thomson |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 60, no 4, 2005 |
| Pages | pp 331-342 |
| Source | http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Natives ; Grandparents as carers ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Economic status [elderly] ; Grandchildren ; Social surveys ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Between 1991 and 2001, there was a 20% increase in the number of Canadian under 18s living with their grandparents without a parent present in the home. Recent research reveals that Canadians of First Nations origin - including North American Indians, Metis and Inuit - were vastly over-represented among grandparents raising grandchildren in skipped generation households (households which include only grandparents or grandchildren). Using custom tabulation from the 1996 Canadian Census, this article presents a profile of First Nations Canadian grandparents raising grandchildren in skipped generation households. Despite extremely high rates of poverty and disability, one-third of such families were raising two or more grandchildren. Compared to other grandparent caregivers, First Nation custodial caregivers were more likely to be caring for an older person (23%) and to spend more than 30 hours a week on childcare duties (40%), and on housework (41%). Implications for policy, practice and research are discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050622208 A |
| Classmark | TIN: P6:SW: F: F:W: SW5: 3F: 7S |
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