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Title: Young Adults in the Parental Home, 1940-2010

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Publication Year: 2012

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Abstract: The Great Recession has coincided with a rise in co-residence among young adult children and their parents. Residing in the parental home is often an adaptive strategy during times of economic distress (Furstenberg, 2010; Settersten & Ray, 2010). Using data from the 1940-2000 U.S. decennial Censuses and the 2010 American Community Survey 1-year estimates, we present a historical view and consider the current marital status of young adult men and women (ages 18-24 and 25-34) living in the parental home. Note: This profile focuses on marital status differences in the percentages of young adults (YAs) living in a parents home. The estimates deviate from those cited in On the Road to Adulthood: Leaving the Parental Home (FP-11-02). The calculations presented in FP-11-02 include currently unmarried YAs living in a college dormitory as living in their parent(s) home, but does not include YAs who were child-in-laws to the household head. For this Profile, percentage of YAs 18-24/25-34 living with a parent = (number of YAs who are a child or child-in-law to the household head /by the total population 18 -24/25-34 years old) X 100.

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Authors: Payne, Krista K.

Publisher: National Center for Family & Marriage Research

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage

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