FREQUENCY OF GRANDPARENT CONTACT WITH GRANDCHILD SETS - 6 FACTORS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Using data from the second wave of the National Survey of Families and Households, the authors examine the determinants of frequent and infr equent visiting between grandparents and their grandchild sets. A gran dchild set consists of all the children of a particular child of the g randparent, provided that the grandchildren reside in their parent's h ousehold. The 6 significant predictors of frequent or infrequent conta ct are geographic distance quality of relationship between grandparent and parent of the grandchild set, number of grandchild sets, gender o f grandparent; lineage of the grandchild set, and marital status of th e grandparent.