Non-family living arrangements among young adults in the United States

The share of young adults living in married-couple family households in the USA has declined in recent decades. Research on alternative living arrangements focuses on cohabitation among unmarried couples and parent-adult child coresidence. Less is known about trends in non-family living arrangements...

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Autores: Jeffers, Kristen|||0000-0002-5357-8354, Esteve, Albert|||0000-0001-9916-386X, Batyra, Ewa|||0000-0002-2967-1508
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Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Non-family households
Youth
Gender
Educational attainment
United States
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spelling Non-family living arrangements among young adults in the United StatesJeffers, Kristen|||0000-0002-5357-8354Esteve, Albert|||0000-0001-9916-386XBatyra, Ewa|||0000-0002-2967-1508Living arrangementsNon-family householdsYouthGenderEducational attainmentUnited StatesThe share of young adults living in married-couple family households in the USA has declined in recent decades. Research on alternative living arrangements focuses on cohabitation among unmarried couples and parent-adult child coresidence. Less is known about trends in non-family living arrangements and the characteristics of young adults living with non-relatives. This study documents trends over time in non-family living arrangements among young adults in the USA and examines the sociodemographic profile of those living with non-relatives. Using pooled US Census and American Community Survey microdata from 1990 to 2019, the authors document age patterns in non-family living arrangements over time and use logistic regression to estimate the likelihood of living with non-family based on individual-level characteristics. Results indicate that non-family living among young adults has increased over time, and that the arrangement is associated with markers of both advantage and disadvantage. Differences across age groups explain some of these mixed results. Trends among younger groups are linked to socioeconomic patterns around family formation. Among older groups, the demographic and labor force characteristics of the foreign born and constraints of their kin availability may be driving trends. The exploratory analysis provides relevant evidence around an increasingly common living arrangement in the USA and also identifies several areas for future research on living arrangements among young adults and the implications of these trends.Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics 22024-01-0120242024-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/291382https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s10680-024-09696-5reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengAgencia Estatal de Investigación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 PID2021-124267OB-I00European Commission https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 101052787open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2913822026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Non-family living arrangements among young adults in the United States
title Non-family living arrangements among young adults in the United States
spellingShingle Non-family living arrangements among young adults in the United States
Jeffers, Kristen|||0000-0002-5357-8354
Living arrangements
Non-family households
Youth
Gender
Educational attainment
United States
title_short Non-family living arrangements among young adults in the United States
title_full Non-family living arrangements among young adults in the United States
title_fullStr Non-family living arrangements among young adults in the United States
title_full_unstemmed Non-family living arrangements among young adults in the United States
title_sort Non-family living arrangements among young adults in the United States
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Jeffers, Kristen|||0000-0002-5357-8354
Esteve, Albert|||0000-0001-9916-386X
Batyra, Ewa|||0000-0002-2967-1508
author Jeffers, Kristen|||0000-0002-5357-8354
author_facet Jeffers, Kristen|||0000-0002-5357-8354
Esteve, Albert|||0000-0001-9916-386X
Batyra, Ewa|||0000-0002-2967-1508
author_role author
author2 Esteve, Albert|||0000-0001-9916-386X
Batyra, Ewa|||0000-0002-2967-1508
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author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Living arrangements
Non-family households
Youth
Gender
Educational attainment
United States
topic Living arrangements
Non-family households
Youth
Gender
Educational attainment
United States
description The share of young adults living in married-couple family households in the USA has declined in recent decades. Research on alternative living arrangements focuses on cohabitation among unmarried couples and parent-adult child coresidence. Less is known about trends in non-family living arrangements and the characteristics of young adults living with non-relatives. This study documents trends over time in non-family living arrangements among young adults in the USA and examines the sociodemographic profile of those living with non-relatives. Using pooled US Census and American Community Survey microdata from 1990 to 2019, the authors document age patterns in non-family living arrangements over time and use logistic regression to estimate the likelihood of living with non-family based on individual-level characteristics. Results indicate that non-family living among young adults has increased over time, and that the arrangement is associated with markers of both advantage and disadvantage. Differences across age groups explain some of these mixed results. Trends among younger groups are linked to socioeconomic patterns around family formation. Among older groups, the demographic and labor force characteristics of the foreign born and constraints of their kin availability may be driving trends. The exploratory analysis provides relevant evidence around an increasingly common living arrangement in the USA and also identifies several areas for future research on living arrangements among young adults and the implications of these trends.
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