Pruchno R
Center for Child, Family and Community Partnerships, Boston College, Newton, MA 02459, USA.
Gerontologist. 1999 Apr;39(2):209-21. doi: 10.1093/geront/39.2.209.
This article contrasts the experiences of 398 White and 319 Black grandmothers raising their grandchildren in the absence of the middle generation. Similarities include age, education, familial relationship to the grandchild, age of the grandchild being raised, reasons that grandmothers are raising their grandchildren, behaviors characteristic of the grandchildren, and impacts on the grandmother's work life. Differences include marital status, work status, and income. Black grandmothers are more likely than White grandmothers to have peers who also live with their grandchildren. Black grandmothers are also more likely to come from families in which multiple generations lived together and to be receiving support from formal sources. White grandmothers experienced more burden from their caregiving role than did Black grandmothers.
本文对比了398位白人祖母和319位黑人祖母在没有中间一代的情况下抚养孙辈的经历。相似之处包括年龄、教育程度、与孙辈的家庭关系、所抚养孙辈的年龄、祖母抚养孙辈的原因、孙辈的行为特征以及对祖母工作生活的影响。不同之处包括婚姻状况、工作状况和收入。与白人祖母相比，黑人祖母更有可能有其他也与孙辈一起生活的同龄人。黑人祖母也更有可能来自多代同堂的家庭，并且能从正规渠道获得支持。白人祖母在照顾孙辈的角色中比黑人祖母承受了更多负担。
