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Living Arrangements of Mothers and Their Adult Children Over the Life Course.

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Wiemers, EE; Slanchev, V; McGarry, K; Hotz, VJ
Published in: Research on aging
January 2017

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 children over the life course. We pay particular attention to the relationship between coresidence and indicators of parental and child needs. Our results suggest that for much of the life course, coresidence serves to benefit primarily the adult children rather than their older mother. We also highlight a little known phenomenon, that of children who never leave the parental home and remain coresident well into their later adult years.

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Published In

Research on aging

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EISSN

1552-7573

ISSN

0164-0275

Publication Date

January 2017

Volume

39

Issue

1

Start / End Page

111 / 134

Related Subject Headings

  • Residence Characteristics
  • Mothers
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Gerontology
  • Female
  • Aging
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aged
 

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Wiemers, E. E., Slanchev, V., McGarry, K., & Hotz, V. J. (2017). Living Arrangements of Mothers and Their Adult Children Over the Life Course. Research on Aging, 39(1), 111–134. https://doi.org/10.1177/0164027516656138
Wiemers, Emily E., Vladislav Slanchev, Kathleen McGarry, and V Joseph Hotz. “Living Arrangements of Mothers and Their Adult Children Over the Life Course.Research on Aging 39, no. 1 (January 2017): 111–34. https://doi.org/10.1177/0164027516656138.
Wiemers EE, Slanchev V, McGarry K, Hotz VJ. Living Arrangements of Mothers and Their Adult Children Over the Life Course. Research on aging. 2017 Jan;39(1):111–34.
Wiemers, Emily E., et al. “Living Arrangements of Mothers and Their Adult Children Over the Life Course.Research on Aging, vol. 39, no. 1, Jan. 2017, pp. 111–34. Epmc, doi:10.1177/0164027516656138.
Wiemers EE, Slanchev V, McGarry K, Hotz VJ. Living Arrangements of Mothers and Their Adult Children Over the Life Course. Research on aging. 2017 Jan;39(1):111–134.
Journal cover image

Published In

Research on aging

DOI

EISSN

1552-7573

ISSN

0164-0275

Publication Date

January 2017

Volume

39

Issue

1

Start / End Page

111 / 134

Related Subject Headings

  • Residence Characteristics
  • Mothers
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Gerontology
  • Female
  • Aging
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aged