Privacy, poverty, and old age

Families as roommates: Changes in U.S. household size from 1850 to 2000

“…Early work by Brady (1958) and Beresford and Rivlin (1966) used data tabulations to support such a relation- household sizes for two age groups, 23-27 and 28-32. We find that average household size differs by more than one adult between the top and the bottom quintile.…”

“…Their papers do not seek to explain the long-term patterns documented here. Beresford and Rivlin (1966) were probably the first to emphasize a rising "demand for privacy" as a factor in changing living arrangements, but they provided no formal model. Byalsky, Keren, and Levhari (1999) argued that a shift from public to private services may have caused a decline in optimal kibbutz size in Israel during the 20th century.…”

Changes in Household Living Arrangements 1950-76

“…A ted, much-discussed phenomenon, the 'th of female-headed families, had an adjusted growth rate of only 1.1 percent per annum over the same 26 years. The decrease in average household size and the increase in primary individuals has attracted attention (Beresford and Rivlin, 1966;Troll, 1971;Chevan and Korson, 1972;Carliner, 1975;Kobrin, 1976;and Kuznets, 1978) but there have been relatively few attempts to explain the trends through quantitative multivariate analysis. In this paper we analyze the 1970 cross-state variation in the propensity to live alone of two important demographic groups-single persons ages 25 to 34 and widows age 65 and over.…”

république du silence

“…LAWTON, 1977 ;MADDOX & WILEY, 1976: RILEY, 1976SEELBACH & SAUER, 1977. 2 ABU-LABAN, 1980CRYSTAL, 1982 ;HARRISON, 1981 ;KOBRIN, 1976 ;RILEY & FONER, 1968 ;SHANAS et al, 1968 ;SHANAS & SUSSMAN, 1981 ;TREAS, 1977. 3 BERESFORD & RIVLIN, 1966 ;CANADA, 1984 a ;CHEVAN & KORSON, 1972et MICHAEL, FUCHS & SCOTT, 1980. Pour des données sur les Québécois qui vivent hors famille, voir Québec, 1984a.…”

“…2 BERESFORD & RIVLIN, 1966 ;HARRISON, 1981 ;PEPLAU et al, 1982 ;RILEY & FONER, 1968 ;TREAS, 1977. remarier quand elles deviennent veuves 1 , les premières se retrouvent plus souvent seules et moins fréquemment en couple que les seconds. Les femmes seraient donc plus solitaires, physiquement parlant, que les hommes.…”