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Elder-child coresidence in the United States: evidence from the 1990 Census
Author(s)	Carl P Schmertmann, Monica Boyd, William Serow
Journal title	Research on Aging, vol 22, no 1, January 2000
Pages	pp 23-42
Keywords	Living with family ; Sons ; Daughters ; United States of America.
Annotation	A significant minority of older people in the United States live in households that include their own adult children. This study examined patterns of such co-residence using a sample of 3.5 million individuals aged 60 years and older from the 1990 decennial census. The study presented cross-sectional data on the probability that an older person co-resides with a child, disaggregated by the older person's gender, age, and presence or absence of spouse, and by the child's gender. Findings revealed that younger old people were more likely to co-reside with sons, and older old people were more likely to co-reside with daughters. For men without spouses, co-residence rates with both sons and daughters increased steadily from age 60 to 90. Among all the groups analysed, only women aged over 80 without spouses were more likely to live with daughters than sons. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-000221207 A
Classmark	KA:SJ: SSA: SSH: 7T
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