@article{e02251d44d7046059eefc5c3fda15d9c,
title = "Context matters: Nonresident grandparent contributions to low-income rural families",
abstract = "Low-income mothers in rural areas lack access to resources and may rely strongly on support from their children's grandparents. However, most current research on grandparent support focuses on coresidential or custodial grandparents. Very few recent studies focus on the types of support provided by nonresident grandparents, who may be a particularly critical source of support for mothers in rural areas. This qualitative study analyzed interview transcripts from 68 low-income rural mothers to characterize the support they received from their children's grandparents. Two main themes emerged: multidimensionality and multivalence of support. In many families, resources were limited across generations. Results highlight the importance and complexity of multidimensional and multidirectional intergenerational relationships. Nonresident grandparent support appeared to play a key role in the financial and emotional functioning of these families, which may be overlooked in current research and practice with low-resource rural families.",
keywords = "child care, family support, grandparents, parenting",
author = "Yancura, {Loriena A.} and Barnett, {Melissa A.} and Yoshie Sano and Sheila Mammen",
note = "Funding Information: Data were collected in conjunction with the cooperative multistate research project NC1171 Interactions of Individual, Family, Community, and Policy Contexts on the Mental and Physical Health of Diverse Rural Low-income Families (commonly known as “Rural Families Speak about Health”). Cooperating states are California, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Andrew Shepherd, research assistant, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. This study is based on data from the cooperative multi-state research project, NC1171 “Interactions of Individual, Family, Community, and Policy Contexts on the Mental and Physical Health of Diverse Rural Low Income Families” (commonly known as Rural Families Speak about Health). Cooperating states are California, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee Texas, Washington, Wyoming. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd",
year = "2020",
month = may,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1111/cfs.12682",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "25",
pages = "267--276",
journal = "Child and Family Social Work",
issn = "1356-7500",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd",
number = "2",
}