Urbanization and the Malleable Household: An Examination of Boarding and Lodging in American Families

Modell, John; Hareven, Tamara Κ.

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“…i Historical data from the US, for example, show very high levels of shared living during the 1800s and early 1900s through the common practice of taking in 'lodgers', although this fell out of favour through the second half of the 20th century, both in practice and in social acceptance (Modell & Hareven, 1973). While acknowledging the historical precedent, this article focuses on contemporary dynamics of co-residence and shared housing among young people's housing transitions.…”

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Parental co-residence, shared living and emerging adulthood in Europe: semi-dependent housing across welfare regime and housing system contexts

Arundel

Ronald

2015

Journal of Youth Studies

105

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Transitions to adulthood not only represent a key period for individual development but also contribute to processes of social stratification. Growing evidence has pointed to increased complexity, postponement and individualization in transition dynamics. Previous research has focused on trends in school-to-work transitions and family formation; however, the central role of housing represents an interrelated process that is less understood. As pathways to adulthood have diversified, many young people experience partial independence in one sphere while continued dependence in others. Semi-dependent housing, either through parental coresidence or shared living, can be an important coping mechanism. Using the EU-SILC dataset, the research investigates the role that semi-dependent living plays within emerging adulthood across varied European contexts. The data suggests that the extent and type of semi-dependent housing varies substantially across EU15 countries. The findings indicate that levels of housing independence can be partly explained by welfare regime context while the propensity for shared living appears correlated with affordability in the rental market.Although socio-cultural and economic trends play an important and interrelated role, the study argues that housing dynamics of young adulthood and the role of semi-dependent living is fundamentally shaped by the context of the housing system and welfare regime.

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“…US studies have pointed to recent increases in 'doubled-up families' and various types of sharing arrangements (Mykyta & Macartney, 2011), albeit conceding that this is not a new phenomenon in itself with historical precedents for many different types of shared living (see Modell & Hareven, 1973).…”

Section: Semi-dependent Housing and Emerging Adulthoodmentioning

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Parental co-residence, shared living and emerging adulthood in Europe: semi-dependent housing across welfare regime and housing system contexts

Arundel

Ronald

2015

Journal of Youth Studies

105

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“…The rates of home ownership and the household headship were higher among retired farm owners than among non-owners. Letting rooms to boarders, a possible symptom of economic difficulties (Modell and Hareven, 1973), was less frequent among retired farm owners than non-owners within rural areas. Numerous studies have reported the economic difficulties of the elderly in the industrial era, especially in urban areas.…”

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Labor Market Status of Older Males in the United States, 1880-1940

Lee¹

2003

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This paper examines the labor market status of older males in the era of industrialization, focusing on the question of how the extent of pressure toward retirement varied across different occupations, and how it changed over time. A comparison of hazard of retirement across occupations shows that men who had better occupations in terms of economic status and work conditions were less likely to retire than were those with poorer jobs. This result tends to reject the recent view that retirement was more voluntary than forced as early as a century ago. The difficulty faced by older workers in the labor market, as measured by the relative incidence of long-term unemployment, was relatively severe among craftsmen, operatives, and salesmen. In constrast, aged farmers, professionals, managers, and proprietors appear to have fared well in the labor market. The pattern of shifts in the occupational structure that occurred between 1880 and 1940 suggests that industrialization had brought a growth of the sectors in which the pressure toward departure from employment at old ages was relatively strong.

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“…The relationship between lodger and host was considered mutually beneficial, with lodgers taking the place of adult children who had left and providing hosts with a form of financial security. 41 Lodging operated within the household economy. For many homeowners in the nineteenth century, lodging was a necessary aspect of the financial realities of keeping home.…”

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White-Collar Workers and Neighbourhood Change: Jarvis Street in Toronto, 1880–1920

Lombardo¹

2015

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In 1880, Jarvis Street, just east of Toronto’s central business district, was the city’s premier residential district, home to notable Torontonians such as the Masseys and the Gooderhams. By 1920, the street would host a new group of young, unattached, white-collar workers. Changes to the social, demographic, and occupational character of Jarvis Street were accompanied by physical changes to its built form. The family estates of the nineteenth-century elite were converted into boarding and rooming houses, or torn down and replaced by some of the city’s first apartment buildings. These changes were driven by the growth of corporate capitalism in Toronto and the attendant growth of white-collar workers, as well as changes to urban form associated with the growth of the city outwards. This article examines the relationship between neighbourhood change and larger socio-economic changes occurring across the North American urban landscape at the time. It does so by using a variety of historical data, including City of Toronto tax assessments, city directories, as well as contemporary newspaper accounts. This case study of Jarvis Street’s social, gender, occupational, and physical changes shows the way that larger socio-economic processes are written at the scale of the neighbourhood. In doing so, it demonstrates the importance of understanding neighbourhood change as local materialization of larger social, economic, and demographic processes.

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Urbanization and the Malleable Household: An Examination of Boarding and Lodging in American Families

Cited by 132 publications

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Parental co-residence, shared living and emerging adulthood in Europe: semi-dependent housing across welfare regime and housing system contexts

Parental co-residence, shared living and emerging adulthood in Europe: semi-dependent housing across welfare regime and housing system contexts

Labor Market Status of Older Males in the United States, 1880-1940

White-Collar Workers and Neighbourhood Change: Jarvis Street in Toronto, 1880–1920

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