Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenthood: Recent Evidence and Future Directions
This paper gives an overview of trends in teenage pregnancy and birth rates, and of recent research relating to adolescent sexual activity, pregnancy, and parenthood.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• The Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago • October 1997

Australian Social Trends 1995: Family - Family Functioning: Family Support
This article provides a statistical overview of family life in Australia including parental involvement, time spent with children, care of elderly parents, and financial support for children living at home or on their own.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • January 05, 2001

Abstract
This paper focuses on the living arrangements of elderly parents who reside with their grown children.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • November 1997

Australian Social Trends 1994: Family - Family Services: Child Care
This paper presents statistics on childcare trends in Australia, including reasons for use, cost, and type of childcare available.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • February 22, 2001

An Economic Analysis of Kin-Provided Child Care
This paper discusses factors affecting mothers' decisions to use family child care, and the effect that child care has on a family's economic well-being.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Institute for Research on Poverty • November 01, 1995

Use of Relative Care by Working Parents
This report uses data from the 1999 and 2002 National Surveys of America's Families to examine working parents' use of relative care for children of different ages.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• The Urban Institute • April 2005

On Their Own Terms: Supporting Kinship Care Outside of TANF and Foster Care
This report examines the use of kinship or relative care in the United States, state and federal policies pertaining to kinship care, and the characteristics of alternative kinship care initiatives.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services • September 2001

Living Arrangements and Socio-Demographic Conditions of Older Adults in Cambodia
This paper examines the living arrangements and well-being of older adults in Cambodia, and compares them to older adults in Thailand and Vietnam.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Population Council • 2002

The Elderly and AIDS: Coping Strategies and Health Consequences in Rural Tanzania
This study examines the activities and welfare of older adults in households before and after the loss of a prime-aged household member in Tanzania, primarily as a result of the AIDS virus.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Population Council, Policy Research Division • 2002

Measuring the Value of Unpaid Household, Caring and Voluntary Work of Older Australians
This paper explores the valuable economic contribution made by older Australians in the form of volunteer work and unpaid caring for members of their own household and extended family.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • October 2003

Parents' Coresidence with Adult Children: Can Immigration Explain Race and Ethnic Variation?
This paper examines racial and ethnic variations in older parents' co-residence with their adult children and explores possible reasons for these patterns.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Center for Family and Demographic Research • 2000

Household Size and Composition in the Developing World
This paper examines the characteristics of families in 43 developing countries around the world.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Population Council • 2001

Living Arrangements of Older Adults in the Developing World: An Analysis of DHS Household Surveys
This study examines the living arrangements of elderly people in 43 developing countries and compares differences by gender, world region, and socio-economic development.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Population Council • 2001

Australian Social Trends: Family and Community - Living Arrangements: Changing Families
This document looks at changing family structures and living arrangements in Australia, including the occurrence of multi-family and extended family households, and rises in childless and single-parent homes.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • June 03, 2003

Getting Help With Child Care Expenses
This paper discusses the expenses of child care and focuses on how, and where, employed families recieve childcare assistance.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• The Urban Institute • February 01, 2003

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren in the District of Columbia: Focus Group Report
This paper presents information from a number of focus groups on the social, legal, familial, health and financial problems faced by grandparents who are the primary caregivers for their grandchildren.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• AARP • November 2003

Household Composition, Race/Ethnicity and Maternal Reports of Child Health in the United States
This paper demonstrates that children living in nuclear families or with their mother and her partner have better health outcomes than children living in extended families or with a single parent.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Population Research Center • 2002

Does Remarriage Expand Perceptions of Kinship Support Among the Elderly?
This paper examines the effect of an individual's marital history and experiences on their perceptions of family support in old age.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Office of Population Research • September 2000

The Emerging Role of Grandparents in Asia
This study of families in Taiwan, Thailand, and the Philippines demonstrates that many grandparents are co-residents with their children and grandchildren.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Population Studies Center • October 1998

Caring for an Aging Society
This paper looks at the impact of the aging population, particularly in regards to the effect it has on caregivers in Canada.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Statistics Canada • 2002

Kinship Care Report: Review and Analysis of Federal and State Laws, Policies and Procedures
This paper discusses laws, policies and legal proceedings that relate to kinship care in the United States.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Georgia Health Policy Center • December 2001

Kinship Care in Texas
This paper discusses laws, policies, and procedures related to child protection services and kinship care in Texas.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Center for Public Policy Priorities • May 2004

The Use of Grandparents as Child Care Providers
This paper examines the effect of family ties, maternal preferences, and family geographic proximity on a mother's decision to use grandparents as primary childcare providers.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Center for Demography and Ecology University of Wisconsin-Madison • 1999

Points of Convergence
This chapter, from Parent-Child Contact and Post Separation Parenting Arrangements, discusses key issues relating to child custody arrangements and divorce.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • 2004

Child Care Choices by Italian Households
This paper seeks to explain the low use of public child care by Italian families, despite generous government subsidies.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Institute for the Study of Labor • January 2004

Relationships between Grandparents and Teenage Grandchildren
This research brief summarizes the findings of a study into grandparent-grandchild relations during grandchildren's teenage years.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Centre for Research on Families and Relationships • June 2005

When Children Cannot Remain Home: Foster Family Care and Kinship Care
This article discusses the increasing usage of kinship care as a result of such factors as increased demand for foster care, a shortage of available spaces, and expense issues.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• The Future of Children • Spring 1998

The Nature of Adult Sibling Relationship Literature Review
This literature review examines the importance of the adult sibling relationship.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Children and Family Research Center • September 2002

Documenting Changing Family Patterns in South Africa: Are Censis Data of any Value?
This article reviews the strengths and weaknesses of research about changing family patterns in South Africa.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa • 2001

Formal and Informal Kinship Care
This report examines the characteristics of children living in kinship care arrangements and describes recent trends in the use of this type of care in the United States.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services • June 20, 1997

Children Cared for by Relatives: What Services Do They Need?
This paper explores the option of kinship care and looks at its impact on child welfare.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• The Urban Institute • June 01, 2002

Children in Low-Income Families Are Less Likely to Be in Center-Based Child Care
This brief paper discusses the differences in the use of child care by low and high income families.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• The Urban Institute • November 01, 2003

Demographic Change, Children's Families, and Child Support Policy in the United States
This paper discusses the fact that many children do not live with their biological parents and criticizes reforms to the child support system that emphasize biological ties over social ties.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Institute for Research on Poverty • June 01, 1994

Parenting in Australian Families: A Comparative Study of Anglo,Torres Strait Islander, and Vietnamese Communities
This paper investigates the parenting practices of Australian families, and looks at how they are being influenced by social and cultural situations, beliefs and practices.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • 2000

The Child Care Arrangements of Preschool Children in Immigrant Families in the United States
This paper explores trends in childcare use by immigrant families and compares their patterns of use with those of non-immigrant families.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• The Foundation for Child Development • April 01, 2002

Grandparenthood in Britain
This paper discusses grandparenthood in Britain and looks at grandparent demographics, contact between grandparents and their grandchildren, and how demographic characteristics affect the intergenerational relationship.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• Center for Population Studies, University of London • January 01, 2003

Finding Permanent Homes for Foster Children: Issues Raised by Kinship Care
This paper examines the impact of kinship care on a child's likelihood of being adopted.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• The Urban Institute • April 01, 2003

Child Care by Kith and Kin: Supporting Family, Friends, and Neighbors Caring for Children
This report looks at the research on childcare by friends and relatives, particularly in low income communities.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• National Center for Children in Poverty • 1998

Grandparenthood in Canada
This paper discusses grandparenthood, including the roles, rights and responsibilities of grandparents and their emotional, financial and material support of their grandchildren.
• Category: Family Relations > Extended Family
• The Vanier Institute of the Family • 2004