This paper summarizes intentions and expectations in differential residential selection among families who had chose to move. Wives appear at face value to assess alternatives in the selection process rationally, to be aware of limitations in housing and location they will experience, and to have expectations about behavioral changes consistant…

The analysis suggests that for both males and females moving, whether voluntary or involuntary, decreases formal organizational participation, has little effect upon informal social relations either within or outside the neighborhood of residence, relatively small impact upon how respondents perceive their neighbors, and little effect upon the…

Used data from 1988 National Survey of Families and Households to explore influences on parents' satisfaction with having coresident adult children; the nature of parent-child relations in coresident households; and impact of children's adult role status on parent-child relations and satisfaction with coresidence. Majority of parents were highly…

Used data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of mature men (N=3,487) to estimate the incidence of extended households during middle age. Over the 10 years of this study, 20 percent of white and 50 percent of Black middle-aged couples were found to have formed extended households. (JAC)

Used longitudinal data to assess effects of marriage, divorce, and widowhood on immediate relocation and on subsequent mobility patterns. Results demonstrated substantial impact of changes in marital status on mobility. Mobility rates were highest among newly married, almost as high in years of separation or divorce, and very low in first year of…

Examines how traditional family life-cycle stages are associated with three categories of variables: residential satisfaction, community integration, and risk. Results suggest that there are differences by life-cycle stage in measures representing each category. The nature of associations differed depending upon the specific variable studied.…

Census data are presented to show that increasing proportions of the adult population in the U.S. are living alone or apart from relatives. Those involved are primarily either quite young (males) or relatively older (females). This paper proposes a view of the relationship of family membership to the life cycle. (Author)

Examines whether age at leaving home and the pathway from home have long-term consequences for children's educational attainment. Results, based on a national survey, suggest that parental co-residence, until at least age 21, and a period of premarital residential independence are associated with children's higher educational attainment. (RJM)

Studied 677 elderly residents of the Boston metropolitan area to assess the effects of the presence of adult children on elderly parents' relationships. Contrary to expectations, found no effect on elderly parents' marital conflict, even when age, educational attainment, health, and gender were controlled. Marital conflict was, however, strongly…

Proposed an ecological model to explain the concentration of female-headed families in a small city. Data for city blocks provided patterns of concentration. Of the physical variables, only historical development of the city and market decisions by nonresidential consumers were important predictors of concentration; spatial concentration was not…

Examines trends in beliefs about the desirability of coresidence between adult children and their parents. Data showed a significant trend toward the acceptability of coresidence. Analysis indicates significant intercohort differences, which are influenced by birth year and kinship contact, as reported by younger cohorts. (RJM)