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Abstract
Shared Households as a Safety Net for Older Adults
In 2017, over 20% of older adults in the United States lived in shared households (those
including any adult besides the householder and householder’s romantic partner). With a record
number of older adults facing housing affordability challenges, shared households may provide
an important private housing safety net if other household members contribute to housing costs.
Using the 2014 panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation, we will (1) describe
the prevalence and characteristics of older adults’ shared households, including intergenerational
households and co-residence with extended family and non-kin; (2) explore the safety net
function of shared households by examining whether and how much older adults contribute
towards shared housing costs; (3) estimate how financial contributions vary by (a) shared
household type, (b) householder status, and (c) disability status; (4) investigate the stability of
this housing safety net by examining the consistency of other household members’ contributions
towards housing costs and the sources of any instability; and (5) examine variation by race and
ethnicity and by income source. These descriptive analyses will improve our understanding of
the composition and financial impacts of shared households for older adults and provide a
foundation for future research assessing the advantages and disadvantages of these arrangements.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 8/1/22 → 7/31/23 |
Funding
- Boston College: $41,944.00
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