Racial Differences in Multigenerational Living Arrangements in 1910
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22872972 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Elman (0000-0002-0389-2556, University of Akron, corresponding author), A S London (0000-0001-6339-4279) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 275-322 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0145-5532 • E-ISSN: 1527-8034 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/01455532-1273321 |
| OpenAlex | W2001755515 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 73 |
We explore racial differences in multigenerational living arrangements in 1910, focusing on trigenerational kin structures. Coresidence across generations represents a public function of the family, and we observe this across different ages or life-course stages through which adults came to be at risk for providing simultaneous household support for multiple generations of kin dependents. Using data from the 1.4 percent 1910 Integrated Public Use Microdata Sample, our comparisons adjust for marital turnover, including widow(er)hood/divorce and remarriage, as rates are known to be historically higher among African Americans in this period. Across subgroups defined by age and sex, we find that African Americans are virtually always as likely as or more likely than European Americans (of both native and foreign parentage) to live as grandparents in trigenerational households. Widow(er)hood/divorce generally increased the likelihood of trigenerational coresidence, while remarriage sometimes increased, sometimes decreased, and sometimes had no association with this living arrangement. Also, we find that the life-course staging of household kin support in 1910 differed across race/generation partly due to different economic and demographic circumstances, suggesting more complexity in kin support than previously considered. We discuss these findings in relation to the histories of African American and European American families as well as their implications for future research.
African american · Census · Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Economics · Grandparent · Marital status · Microdata (statistics) · Race (biology) · Receipt · Remarriage · Sociology · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology
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The Negro family in the United States.
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Reconstruction
Albion's seed
Aging in the Past
Been in the storm so long
The Black family in slavery and freedom, 1750-1925
When Work Disappears
Climbing Jacob's ladder
Two kinds of pre-industrial household formation system
A little commonwealth
A Fresh Map of Life
The Transformation of American Family Structure
Family and household as work group and kin group
The slave community
All our kin
Family Forms in Historic Europe
Household Demography and Household Modeling
Historical Development of the Household in Europe
Family Development in Three Generations
The Power of Culture
Child fosterage in the United States
The European marriage pattern as solution and problem
Arkansas and the New South, 1874-1929
Arkansas and the New South, 1874–1929
Multigenerational families in nineteenth-century America
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Sociohistorical and Demographic Perspectives on U.S. Remarriage in 1910
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Beyond Sixty-Five
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The Labor Force Participation of Older Men
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Cohort Variations in Family Life Cycle Experiences of U. S. Females
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Historical Racial Differences in Living Arrangements of Children
From the Empty Nest To Family Dissolution
Life Course, Norms, and the Family System of Older Americans in 1900
Boundaries and Opportunities
Death and the Family
Time, Human Agency, and Social Change
The Origins of African-American Family Structure
The Decline of Intergenerational Coresidence in the United States, 1850 to 2000
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Group Differences in Economic Opportunity and the Timing of Marriage
Regional Origin and Family Stability in Northern Cities
When Work Disappears
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Within the Plantation Household
Reconstructing the Household
Ethnic Group Settlement on the Great Plains
Class, Culture, and Family Organization
Marriage among African American Women
Racial Differences in Mother-Child Coresidence in the Past
Feminism, Children, and the New Families
The Search for Applicable Theories of Black Family Life
The Family as a Public and Private Institution
The Primary Individual and the Family
Poverty and Health
Logistic Regression
Welfare and the Rise in Female-Headed Families
Racial Differences in Marriage and Childbearing
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |