Living Arrangements of Mothers and Their Adult Children Over the Life Course.
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SUBMITTER: Wiemers EE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5301960 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
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Living Arrangements of Mothers and Their Adult Children Over the Life Course.
Wiemers Emily E EE Slanchev Vladislav V McGarry Kathleen K Hotz V Joseph VJ
Research on aging 20170101 1
Early in the last century, it was commonplace for elderly 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, coresidence between adult children and their retirement-age parents has become more common, as children rely on parental support later into adulthood. We use panel data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to examine the living arrangements of older mothers and their adult childre ...[more]
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