Friday, February 26, 2016

Multigenerational households are becoming more common: Pew survey on living with parents.



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Barack and Michelle Obama have very busy schedules, of this there is no doubt. It’s a good thing they have some help, not just from staffers, but also from family: Michelle Obama’s mother, Marian Robinson. Before her arrival, the last presidential grandmother to occupy the White House was Elvira Doud, Dwight Eisenhower’s mother-in-law.
Fewer American families live like this today than in 1953. But according to a new report from the Pew Research Center, multigenerational households are becoming more common. In 1980, some 12 percent of families had two or more adult generations living under the same roof. Now, 18 percent do, and the total number of Americans with this living arrangement has doubled, to 56.8 million. Almost half (48 percent) are in households that working parents share with luckless “boomerangs” sheltering in their old childhood bedrooms. But nearly as many are living with three generations or more. In fact, 20 percent of Americans age 65 or older live in multigenerational households, compared to 16 percent in 1990.
Moreover, many retiree baby boomers—let’s call them “boomerees”—say they would like to be close to family. For an earlier generation, retirement meant a secluded Sun City with a golf course, far from offspring. But “today’s retirees report wanting to stay in their communities and engage with younger generations,” says Donna Butts of Generations United, a family research nonprofit and advocacy group. Boomer grandparents dote on grandchildren, and increasingly care for them.Intergenerational affinity between parents and children is high. “People actually like each other,” says Butts—some enough to live under the same roof.
An increase in the number of immigrants over the past several decades has also boosted the number of multi-generational households. 
















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