Grandchildren Living in a Grandparent Headed Household

Abstract

Over the past few decades, changes in family patterns have increased the diversity of children's living arrangements, including a gradual increase in children who are living in their grandparent's household. This profile updates FP-13-03 to examine trends in the proportion of children living in a grandparent-headed household and whether those children have a parent present in the household (e.g., three-generation household). Focusing on the child's perspective, this profile also examines the age distribution and poverty status of coresident grandchildren by the presence of a parent in

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“…Family members may be diverse in terms of class, race, gender, and language (Compton‐Lilly et al, 2012). In the United States, grandparent‐headed households (Wu, 2018) and multigenerational households have increased.…”