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| Living arrangements of mothers and their adult children over the life course | | Author(s) | Emily E Wiemers, Vladislav Slanchev, Kathleen McGarry, V Joseph Hotz |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 39, no 1, January 2017 |
| Publisher | Sage, January 2017 |
| Pages | pp 111-134 |
| Source | journals.sagepub.com/home/roa |
| Keywords | Mother ; Children [offspring] ; Living with family ; Living patterns ; Life span ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Early in 20th century, it was commonplace for older women to live with their adult children. Over time, the prevalence of this type of living arrangement declined as incomes increased. In more recent decades, co-residence between adult children and their retirement-age parents has become more common, as children rely on parental support later into adulthood. The authors use panel data from the US Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) to examine the living arrangements of older mothers and their adult children over the life course. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between co-residence and indicators of parental and child needs. The results suggest that for much of the life course, co-residence serves to benefit primarily the adult children rather than their older mother. The authors also highlight a little known phenomenon, that of children who never leave the parental home and remain co-resident well into their later adult years. This article was first presented at the conference, Social Insurance and Lifecycle Events among Older Americans (held on 7 December 2014), which was sponsored by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP).(RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170324204 A |
| Classmark | SRM: SS: KA:SJ: K7: BG6: 3J: 7T |
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