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Research on Grandparents
Raising Grandchildren
Peoria, IL., March 9— The U.S.
Census Bureau estimates that more
than 2 million children live in a house
hold headed by their grandparent.
This role can be a very special one,
with many rewarding aspects. How
ever, this responsibility also means
major changes in the lives o f grand
parents.
Dr. Rachel Pruchno, Director at
the Center on Aging at Bradley Uni
versity, has received a grant from the
National Institute on Aging to learn
more about how living with and help
ing to raise young grandchildren af
fects adults in their middle and later
years. She has conducted extensive
research in the areas ofhum an devel
opment and psychology.
The Grandparent Study will fill an
important knowledge gap by provid
ing information about the challenges
and rewards grandparents experience
by living with and taking care o f a
grandchild. The result o f the study
will identify appropriate interven
tions and policies which could sig
nificantly reduce the social, physi
cal, and emotional difficulties expe
rienced by these families.
Now in its third year, the Grand
parent Study is seeking to conduct
private, confidential telephone inter
views with 3-generation families,
those in which a grandparent, a young
grandchild, and the grandchild’s par-
ents live together. Says Pruchno,
“The challenges and rewards faced
by grandparents who live with both
their own adult child and a young
grandchild may differ significantly
from those faced by grandparents
who are raising a grandchild in the
absence o f the middle generation
parent. Service providers and policy
makers must be aware o f the needs o f
3-generation families in order to bet
ter serve them.”
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A N SW ER: Although the higher your earnings,
the higher your benefit, Social Security usesamethod
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o f the earnings o f workers with low average lifetime
eamings and those with families because they have
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retirement. Workers with low wages receive a re
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age wage earners receive about 42%, and higher-paid
workers receive approximately 26%.
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