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Parker EM, Short SE. Grandmother Co-Residence and School Enrollment in sub-Saharan Africa. J Fam Issues. 2009;30(6):813-836doi: 10.1177/0192513X09331921.
Parker, E. M., & Short, S. E. (2009). Grandmother Co-Residence and School Enrollment in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of family issues, 30(6), 813-836. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X09331921
Parker, Erin M, and Short, Susan E. "Grandmother Co-Residence and School Enrollment in sub-Saharan Africa." Journal of family issues vol. 30,6 (2009): 813-836. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X09331921
Parker EM, Short SE. Grandmother Co-Residence and School Enrollment in sub-Saharan Africa. J Fam Issues. 2009 Jun 30;30(6):813-836. doi: 10.1177/0192513X09331921. Epub 2009 Mar 20. PMID: 23180901; PMCID: PMC3505141.
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J Fam Issues. 2009 Jun 30;30(6):813-836. doi: 10.1177/0192513X09331921. Epub 2009 Mar 20.

Grandmother Co-Residence and School Enrollment in sub-Saharan Africa.

Journal of family issues

Erin M Parker, Susan E Short

Affiliations

  1. Brown University Department of Sociology [email protected].

PMID: 23180901 PMCID: PMC3505141 DOI: 10.1177/0192513X09331921

Abstract

The HIV/AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa has brought renewed attention to the role of grandmothers as caregivers of children. Using 2004 DHS data, we examine the relationship between co-residence 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 co-residence and child outcomes.

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