How Well Does the “Safety Net” Work for Family Safety Nets? Economic Survival Strategies Among Grandmother Caregivers in Severe Deprivation

How Well Does the “Safety Net” Work for Family Safety Nets? Economic Survival Strategies Among Grandmother Caregivers in Severe Deprivation

Using qualitative data collected from fifty-eight African American grandmothers raising grandchildren in skipped-generation households (SGHs), I reveal how and why women in non-normative families, lacking legal protections and publicly recognized authority as parents, must negotiate risk in pursuit...

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Main Author: LaShawnDa Pittman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Russell Sage Foundation 2015-11-01
Series:RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
Subjects:
grandparent caregiving
African Americans
urban poverty
safety net
economic survival strategies
Online Access:http://www.rsfjournal.org/doi/full/10.7758/RSF.2015.1.1.05

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http://www.rsfjournal.org/doi/full/10.7758/RSF.2015.1.1.05

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