title: Grandparents today: a demographic profile.
abstract: This article presents a demographic profile of grandparents, using the National Survey of Families and Households. Specific dimensions of grandparenthood addressed include grandparents' survival, the timing of grandparenthood, grandparents' involvement in other roles, surrogate parenting, and stepgrandparents. The data indicate considerable heterogeneity among grandparents of different genders and races or ethnicities. They also suggest modifications in previous descriptions of modern grandparenthood.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529-0090, USA. maxres@visi.net
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Szinovacz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003710:Demography; D005006:Ethnicity; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012380:Role; D012737:Sex Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States