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Murphey D, Cooper M, Moore KA. 2012. Grandparents living with children: State-level data from the American Community Survey. Washington, DC: Child Trends, 4 pp.

Annotation: This brief examines recent trends, national and for each state, related to grandparents who live with grandchildren. In addition to presenting data in tabular form about grandparents living with children, those responsible for the care of grandchildren, percentage of co-resident grandparents responsible for the care of children, percentage of those responsible for care of grandchildren in povery, percentage of people ages 35 and older in poverty, and percentage or responsible grandparents with limited English, the brief provides an overview and discusses variations by state. Information about the data used is included.

Keywords: Children, Families, Family structure, Grandparents, Limited English speakers, Low income groups, Poverty, Statistical data, Trends

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