Grandparental effects on fertility vary by lineage in the United Kingdom

AO Tanskanen, M Jokela, M Danielsbacka, A Rotkirch - Human Nature, 2014 - Springer
Grandparental presence is known to correlate with the number of grandchildren born, and
this effect may vary according to grandparental sex and lineage. However, existing studies …

Maternal foster families provide more stable placements than paternal families

G Perry, M Daly, S Macfarlan - Children and Youth Services Review, 2014 - Elsevier
The use of kinship families to provide foster care has been increasing due to changes in
legislation and the hope that it will provide better quality placements, but there has been little …

Multi-partner fertility is associated with lower grandparental investment from in-laws in Finland

AO Tanskanen, M Danielsbacka, A Rotkirch - Advances in Life Course …, 2014 - Elsevier
Divorce and remarriage influence family relations, yet few studies explore changes in
grandparenting due to family recomposition. We study variations in grandparental …

[PDF][PDF] Biological Grandparents Do Invest More: A Linear Mixed Effects Reanalysis

S Hilbrand, DA Coall, R Hertwig - researchgate.net
In our analysis of grandparental investment [1], we found that biological relatedness
predicted more frequent grandparental investment in contemporary Europe. Both …