Economic Crisis and Extended Family Living among Divorcees: Racial and Ethnic Patterns

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  In Refereed Roundtable: Table 14. Multigenerational Family Living

Abstract

In this paper we discuss the differences in the patterns of divorcees among Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics in the US, 2000-2012. We found that the proportion of divorcees living in the extended household increased during the crisis. However, the main drive for the increase was the declining proportion of people moving to nonextended household, not the increase in the proportion of people moving to extended household.

Authors

• Turro Wongkaren, University of Hawaii-Manoa

• Yean-Ju Lee, University of Hawaii