Doubling up when times are tough: A study of obligations to share a home in response to economic hardship

Social Science Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1307-1319

  Seltzer, Judith A ^a   Lau, Charles Q ^a,b   Bianchi, Suzanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Co residence; Cohabitation; Intergenerational; Obligations; Vignette

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863107423     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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