Financial Issues Top the List of Reasons U.S. Adults Live in Multigenerational Homes
by D'Vera Cohn, Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Rachel Minkin, Richard Fry, Kiley Hurst · Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center report combining Census data and a national survey on who lives in multigenerational homes, why they do so (finances, caregiving), how the arrangement affects household finances, and how stressful or rewarding residents find it. The most rigorous evidence base on why families share homes and how it plays out financially and emotionally; grounds expectations before deciding to move in together.
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