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A selfish generation? ‘Baby boomers’, values, and the provision of childcare for grandchildren

Overview of attention for article published in The Sociological Review, May 2020
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#49 of 1,709)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (96th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (94th percentile)

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news
7 news outlets
blogs
1 blog
twitter
12 X users
facebook
1 Facebook page
reddit
4 Redditors

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39 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
A selfish generation? ‘Baby boomers’, values, and the provision of childcare for grandchildren
Published in
The Sociological Review, May 2020
DOI 10.1177/0038026120916104
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 39 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 6 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 10%
Student > Master 3 8%
Other 2 5%
Lecturer 1 3%
Other 5 13%
Unknown 18 46%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 9 23%
Business, Management and Accounting 4 10%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 5%
Arts and Humanities 1 3%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 21 54%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 75. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 September 2026.
All research outputs
#724,298
of 34,644,748 outputs
Outputs from The Sociological Review
#49
of 1,709 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#16,994
of 441,336 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The Sociological Review
#2
of 36 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,644,748 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 97th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,709 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 12.1. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 97% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 441,336 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 36 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 94% of its contemporaries.