“Health Outcomes of Grandparents Caring for Double Orphans in South Africa”: What Are the Determinants?
Salmon Likoko, Monica Ewomazino Akokuwebe, Godswill Nwabuisi Osuafor, Erhabor Sunday Idemudia · 2023
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Salmon Likoko and co-authors published a 2023 study of grandparents in South Africa who raise children who have lost both parents. Such caregiving is a large and growing fact of life in the country. It puts the health of the older caregivers at risk.
The team used wave five of a national income dynamics survey. Most caregivers in the sample were aged between twenty-four and thirty-four, and most were Black Africans with a secondary education. Six in ten reported health challenges, with headaches the most common in the past month. Age drove the risk strongly. Caregivers in their late fifties to mid-sixties were nearly nine times as likely to report challenges as the youngest group. Caregivers who were not Black African reported challenges less often. The study maps what puts the health of these caregivers at risk.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Salmon Likoko, Monica Ewomazino Akokuwebe, Godswill Nwabuisi Osuafor, Erhabor Sunday Idemudia |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 61 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |