Volume 30 - Article 60 | Pages 1639–1652
Three-generation family households in early childhood: Comparisons between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia
Date received: | 19 Dec 2013 |
Date published: | 23 May 2014 |
Word count: | 2495 |
Keywords: | coresidence, cross-national research, early childhood, grandparents, multigenerational households |
DOI: | 10.4054/DemRes.2014.30.60 |
Abstract
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.
Author's Affiliation
Natasha Pilkauskas - University of Michigan, United States of America
Melissa Martinson - University of Washington, United States of America
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