Speare A, Avery R
Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University.
J Gerontol. 1993 Mar;48(2):S64-73. doi: 10.1093/geronj/48.2.s64.
While previous research has assumed that older persons who live with adult children do so because of their poverty or disability, some recent evidence suggests that many of these extended households primarily benefit the child. This article attempts to provide a better understanding of the relative contributions of parents and adult children who live together through detailed analysis of data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). We find unmarried children tend to benefit more from and contribute less to extended households than married children. Similarly, unmarried parents benefit more from living with children than married parents. Results of logistic regression show that financial need and need for assistance with activities of daily living wre important determinants of coresidence for both unmarried children and unmarried parents. Controlling need, racial and ethnic minorities were more likely to live in extended families than non-Hispanic Whites.
虽然先前的研究认为，与成年子女同住的老年人是因为贫困或残疾才这样做，但最近的一些证据表明，这些大家庭中的许多主要受益者是子女。本文试图通过对收入与项目参与调查（SIPP）数据的详细分析，更好地理解共同生活的父母和成年子女的相对贡献。我们发现，未婚子女比已婚子女从大家庭中受益更多，贡献更少。同样，未婚父母比已婚父母从与子女同住中受益更多。逻辑回归结果表明，经济需求和日常生活活动所需的帮助是未婚子女和未婚父母同住的重要决定因素。在控制需求的情况下，少数族裔比非西班牙裔白人更有可能生活在大家庭中。
