DaVanzo J, Chan A
RAND, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138.
Demography. 1994 Feb;31(1):95-113.
More than two-thirds of Malaysians age 60 or older coreside with an adult child. Data from the Senior sample of the Second Malaysian Family Life Survey (MFLS-2) are used to investigate which "seniors" (persons age 60 or older) live in this way. The analysis generally supports the notion that coresidence is influenced by the benefits, costs, opportunities, and preferences for coresidence versus separate living arrangements. For example, married seniors are more likely to coreside with adult children when housing costs are greater in their area or when the husband or wife is in poor health. This finding suggests that married parents and children live together to economize on living costs or to receive help with household services. Unmarried seniors who are better off economically are less likely to live with adult children, presumably because they use their higher incomes to "purchase privacy."
超过三分之二的60岁及以上马来西亚人与成年子女同住。利用第二次马来西亚家庭生活调查（MFLS - 2）老年样本的数据来调查哪些“老年人”（60岁及以上的人）以这种方式生活。分析总体上支持这样一种观点，即同住受到同住与分开居住安排的益处、成本、机会和偏好的影响。例如，当所在地区住房成本较高或丈夫或妻子健康状况不佳时，已婚老年人更有可能与成年子女同住。这一发现表明，已婚父母和子女住在一起是为了节省生活成本或获得家务服务方面的帮助。经济状况较好的未婚老年人与成年子女同住的可能性较小，大概是因为他们用较高的收入来“购买隐私”。
