Grandmother Coresidence, Maternal Orphans, and School Enrollment in Sub-Saharan Africa

Autor/inn/en	Parker, Erin M.; Short, Susan E.
Titel	Grandmother Coresidence, Maternal Orphans, and School Enrollment in Sub-Saharan Africa
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 30 (2009) 6, S.813-836 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X09331921
Schlagwörter	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Mothers; Caregivers; Grandparents; Foreign Countries; Enrollment Trends; Grandparents Raising Grandchildren; Parent Role; Death; Family Structure; Child Welfare; Well Being; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Africa; Lesotho + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Großeltern; Ausland; Großeltern-Enkel-Beziehung; Parental role; Elternrolle; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Kindeswohl; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Afrika
Abstract	The HIV/AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa has brought renewed attention to the role of grandmothers as caregivers of children. Using 2004 Lesotho Demographic and Health Survey data, the authors examine the relationship between coresidence with a grandmother and child schooling in Lesotho, a country with one of the highest rates of HIV infection. Results confirm the critical role grandmothers play in the event of maternal death. Maternal orphans who live with a grandmother are just as likely to be in school as children living with a mother. The protective effect of living with a grandmother is also important for children whose mothers are alive but not affiliated with their households. The results of the analysis underscore the importance of attending to the simultaneous presence of mothers and grandmothers, as well as the circumstances associated with mother absence, when assessing the relationship between grandmother coresidence and child outcomes. (Contains 5 tables, 2 figures, and 11 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10