TY  - JOUR
A1  - Pilkauskas, Natasha
A1  - Martinson, Melissa
T1  - Three-generation family households in early childhood: Comparisons between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia
Y1  - 2014/05/23
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 1639
EP  - 1652
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2014.30.60
VL  - 30
IS  - 60
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol30/60/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol30/60/30-60.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol30/60/30-60.pdf
N2  - Background: Shifting demographic trends in the United States (US) have resulted in increasing numbers of three-generation family households, where a child lives with a parent(s) and grandparent(s). Although similar demographic trends have been occurring in the United Kingdom (UK) and Australia, very little research has studied three-generation coresidence in these countries and no research has documented trends cross-nationally. 

Objective: We investigate differences in the rates of three-generation coresidence in early childhood cross-nationally. 

Methods: This study uses three longitudinal birth cohort studies to investigate cross-national differences in three-generation coresidence in early childhood: the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study - Birth Cohort for the US, the Millennium Cohort Study for the UK, and the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children - Birth Cohort. 

Results: We find that nearly one-quarter of US children live in a three-generation household during early childhood, compared to 8% of children in the UK and 11% in Australia. Although there are large differences in the frequency of coresidence cross-nationally, we find that similar demographic groups live in three-generation households across contexts. In general, younger, less educated, lower income, and minority mothers are more likely to live in three-generation households in all three countries. 

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