# INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN MEXICAN AMERICANS

> **NIH NIH R01** · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · 1991 · $163,932

## Abstract

This application seeks funds to investigate the interplay among aging,
health and intergenerational relationships in Mexican Americans over time
by following up a three-generations sample (older people, their middle-aged
children, and adult grandchildren) previously studied in the San Antonio
area during 1981 and 1982.  We propose to follow-up all subjects (N=1, 125)
and reinterview them in 1991-2.  Specifically, we plan to examine changes
over time in a number of measures of intergenerational solidarity, helping
and reliance for help or advice over the long term (ten years).  We also
plan to examine key life-course transitions, including widowhood, declining
health, the empty-nest, divorce-separation, retirement and employment.
Where possible, we aim to examine the impact of life-course transitions on
intergenerational relationships as well as on measures of physical health,
depression, life satisfaction, alcohol consumption, and marital
satisfaction.  We also plan to examine how changes in intergenerational
relationships over time influence the physical and mental health of family
members.

We feel that our original three-generations study of Mexican Americans has
already made substantial contributions to understanding the physical
health, mental health and family relations of Mexican Americans.  The
proposes study builds upon this solid foundation and provides an excellent
opportunity to go beyond a one-time "snapshot" approach to study
intergenerational relations and their meaning for individuals and families
over time in the Mexican American community.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3120354
- **Project number:** 1R01AG008633-01A2
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON
- **SAM.gov UEI:** MSPWVMXXMN76
- **Principal Investigator:** Kyriakos S Markides
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1991
- **Award amount:** $163,932
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 1991-09-01 → 1994-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3120354

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3120354, INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN MEXICAN AMERICANS (1R01AG008633-01A2). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3120354. Licensed CC0.

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