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Proximity and Coresidence of Adult Children and their Parents: Description and Correlates
by Janice Compton and Robert A. Pollak
WP 2009-215
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- While intergenerational coresidence has been declining in the United States, most Americans live within 25 miles of their mothers.
- Individuals are less likely to live near their mothers if they have a college degree.
- Adult children are more likely to live with their mother when the mother is older, in poor health, and unmarried.
- Compared to whites, black Americans are more likely to live near and to live with their mothers, while Hispanic Americans are no more likely to live close to their mothers, but are twice as likely to live with their mothers.
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