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Grandparent News
Maybe this is the Year for Grandparents Day to Get
Recognition
There are 56 million grandparents in U.S.; only 3
million greeting cards sold for their day!
By Tucker Sutherland, editor
 August 21, 2006 – The national recognition of
Grandparents Day has had a hard time becoming a date people remember. It
is coming up again – September 10 – and already there is a whole panel
of Grandparents Day greeting cards on display, at least at the CVS
pharmacy I checked. It has not been a big seller in the past but maybe
this is the year it takes hold. Below are some interesting facts about
grandparents you may not know.
Grandparents Day 2006: Sept. 10
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The first presidential proclamation for
Grandparents Day was issued in 1978, and one has been issued each year
since — designating the first Sunday after Labor Day as National
Grandparents Day.
Grandparents Day was the brainchild of Marian
McQuade of Fayette County, W.Va., who hoped that such an observance
might persuade grandchildren to tap the wisdom and heritage of their
grandparents.
In honor of our nation’s grandparents, the Census
Bureau presents an array of data about these unsung role models and
caregivers.
How Many Grandparents?
About 56 million
Number of grandparents in the United States.
(Source: Unpublished data from the
Survey of Income and Program Participation)
5.7 million
The number of grandparents whose grandchildren under 18 live
with them. (Source: American
FactFinder)
Grandparents as Caregivers
2.4 million
The number of grandparents responsible for most of the basic
needs (i.e., food, shelter, clothing) of one or more of the
grandchildren who live with them. These grandparents represent about 42
percent of all grandparents whose grandchildren live with them. Of these
caregivers, 1.5 million are grandmothers and 880,000 are grandfathers.
(Source: American FactFinder)
1.7 million
The number of grandparent-caregivers who are married.
(Source: American FactFinder)
1.4 million
The number of grandparents who are in the labor force and
also responsible for most of the basic needs of their grandchildren.
(Source: American FactFinder)
920,000
Number of grandparents responsible for caring for their
grandchildren for at least the last five years.
(Source: American FactFinder)
460,000
Number of grandparents whose income is below the poverty
level and caring for their grandchildren.
(Source: American FactFinder)
700,000
Number of grandparents with a disability — yet caring for
their grandchildren.
(Source: American FactFinder)
320,000
Number of foreign-born grandparents responsible for caring
for their grandchildren.
(Source: American FactFinder)
270,000
Number of grandparents who speak English less than “very
well” and are responsible for caring for their grandchildren.
(Source: American FactFinder)
28%
Among preschoolers with employed mothers, the percentage
regularly cared for by their grandparent during the hours their mom
spends employed outside the home. No other type of child care
arrangement was more prevalent than by grandparents. <http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/childcare.html>
Grandchildren
6.1 million
The number of children living with a grandparent; these
children comprise 8 percent of all children in the United States. Of
these children, 4.1 million lived in a grandparent’s home and 1.9
million in a parent’s home. <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/families_households/006840.html>
2.2 million
The number of children who resided with both a grandmother
and a grandfather.
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/families_households/006840.html>
80%
Recent research by the AARP (American Association
of Retired Persons) reveals that more than 80 percent of the nation’s
grandparents had visited or spoken with their grandchildren by phone in
the past month. (Source: Hallmark
research)
Remembering Grandma and Grandpa
About 3 million
Number of Grandparents Day cards given, nationwide, each year.
(Source: Hallmark research)
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