Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Demography. 2021 Jun 1;58(3):821-846. doi: 10.1215/00703370-9101102.
A growing literature in family demography examines children's residence in doubled-up (shared) households with extended family members and nonkin. This research has largely overlooked the role of doubling up as a housing strategy, with "hosts" (householders) providing housing support for "guests" living in their home. Yet, understanding children's experiences in doubled-up households requires attention to host/guest status. Using the American Community Survey and Survey of Income and Program Participation, we identify the prevalence of children doubling up as hosts and guests in different household compositions (multigenerational, extended family, nonkin), show how this varies by demographic characteristics, and examine children's patterns of residence across these household types. We find large variation by demographic characteristics. More disadvantaged children have higher rates of doubling up as guests than hosts, whereas more advantaged children have higher rates of doubling up as hosts than guests. Additionally, compared with hosts, guests more often use doubling up as a longer-term strategy; a greater share of guests live consistently doubled up over a three-year period, but those who do transition between household types experience more transitions on average than do hosts. Our findings show the importance of attending to both housing status and household composition when studying children living in doubled-up households.
家庭人口学领域的研究越来越多地关注儿童与大家庭成员和非亲属共同居住在“加倍”（共享）家庭中的情况。这项研究在很大程度上忽略了作为一种住房策略的加倍现象，即“主人”（住户）为居住在其家中的“客人”提供住房支持。然而，要了解儿童在加倍家庭中的体验，需要关注主人/客人身份。我们使用美国社区调查和收入与计划参与调查，确定了在不同家庭结构（多代家庭、大家庭、非亲属）中儿童作为主人和客人加倍居住的普遍程度，展示了这种情况如何因人口特征而变化，并研究了儿童在这些家庭类型中的居住模式。我们发现，人口特征存在很大差异。与主人相比，更多处于不利地位的儿童作为客人加倍居住的比例高于作为主人的比例，而更多处于有利地位的儿童作为主人加倍居住的比例高于作为客人的比例。此外，与主人相比，客人更倾向于将加倍居住作为一种长期策略；在三年期间，更多的客人一直保持加倍居住，但那些在家庭类型之间转换的客人比主人平均经历更多的转换。我们的研究结果表明，在研究居住在加倍家庭中的儿童时，关注住房状况和家庭构成都很重要。
