title: "To grandmother's house we go": health and school adjustment of children raised solely by grandparents.
abstract: This study uses data from the 1988 National Children's Health Supplement (N = 17,110) to the National Health Interview Survey to examine the health and school adjustment of children raised solely by grandparents. We find that these children fare quite well relative to children in families with one biological parent present, a category which includes both single-parent and blended families. Furthermore, children raised solely by grandparents are not significantly different, except for academic performance, from children raised in traditional families where two biological parents are present.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC 29733, USA.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Solomon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marx
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D002668:Child Rearing; D002669:Child Welfare; D004522:Educational Status; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010553:Personality Development; D015406:Single Parent / Q000523:psychology; D012917:Social Adjustment