The Likelihood of Parent-Adult Child Coresidence: Effects of Family Structure and Parental Characteristics.

Aquilino, William S.

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ERIC Number: EJ416214

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Publication Date: 1990

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The Likelihood of Parent-Adult Child Coresidence: Effects of Family Structure and Parental Characteristics.

Aquilino, William S.

Journal of Marriage and the Family, v52 n2 p405-19 May 1990

Estimated influence of child, parent, and family structural characteristics on likelihood of parents having coresident adult child, based on national sample of 4,893 parents. Results indicated most parents maintained own households and most parents and adult children who coresided lived in parents' home. Family structure was found to exert strong influence on probability of coresidence. (Author/TE)

Descriptors: Adult Children, Demography, Family Characteristics, Family Structure, Incidence, Parent Child Relationship, Place of Residence, Sociocultural Patterns

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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