Exacerbating inequalities: Social networks, racial/ethnic disparities, and the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

GR Gauthier, JA Smith, C García… - The Journals of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objectives The disruption and contraction of older adults' social networks are among the
less discussed consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our objective was to provide an …

The changing demography of late-life family caregiving: A research agenda to understand future care networks for an aging US Population

VA Freedman, EM Agree, JA Seltzer, KS Birditt… - The …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Repeated claims that a dwindling supply of potential caregivers is creating a crisis in care for
the US aging population have not been well-grounded in empirical research. Concerns …

Kee** kin close? Geographies of family networks by race and income, 1981–2017

A Spring, E Ackert, S Roche, D Parris… - Journal of Marriage …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study examined changes in geographic proximity to family members among
race and income groups in the United States from 1981 to 2017. Background Close …

Racial‐ethnic stratification in work–family arrangements among Black, Hispanic, and white couples

L Pessin, EM Pojman - Journal of Marriage and Family, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This article builds on work–family scholarship to document racial‐ethnic variation
in couples' work–family arrangements, that is, how couples respond to their work and family …

Geographic relocation in response to parents' health shocks: Who moves and how close?

AM Reyes, Y Shang - Journal of Marriage and Family, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This article examines how parent–child geographic proximity changes around the
onset of parental health shocks in the United States. Differences in the likelihood of moving …

[HTML][HTML] Adult intergenerational proximity and parents' depressive symptoms: A bidirectional approach

L Jessee, V Bordone, K Hank - Social Science Research, 2025 - Elsevier
To date, only a few studies have investigated the bidirectional relationship in the
intergenerational proximity-health nexus, specifically how geographic proximity affects older …

Racial/ethnic variation in family support: African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and non‐Latino Whites

RJ Taylor, AD Skipper, CJ Cross… - Journal of Marriage …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study examined racial and ethnic differences in the receipt and provision of
instrumental family support. Background Extended families provide significant levels of …

The structure and transition of “Extended Living Arrangements” in later life: Evidence from rural China

Q Song, L Bao, JA Burr - Social Indicators Research, 2023 - Springer
The scientific literature on late life living arrangements has focused mostly on family co-
resident status or geographic proximity to an adult child. Given the potential coordination …

Consequences of deferred action for childhood arrivals for parent health: Applying a social foreground perspective

J Yahirun, J Torres - Journal of Marriage and Family, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study applies a social foreground perspective to assess whether the Deferred
Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program impacted the self‐rated health of coresident …

Proximity to mother over the life course in the United States

HJ Choi, R Schoeni, H Xu, A Reyes, D Thomas - Demographic Research, 2021 - JSTOR
BACKGROUND The spatial distance between children and parents substantially influences
their lives, yet empirical evidence on life course patterns of child–parent proximity is sparse …