America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers
Young Adults Most Likely to Change Living Arrangements
Young adults ages 18 to 29 are most likely to change their living arrangements, and foreign-born Americans ages 65 and over are less likely to live alone than their native-born counterparts, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data released this month.
Overall, in 2017, about 15% of the U.S. population experienced a change in living arrangements.
When living arrangements change, whether due to marital separation, a child moving away to college, or an elderly parent moving in, the transition can be disruptive for everyone involved.
Transitions in living arrangements have been shown to have a particular impact on children. Other research has explored the role of nativity status in household composition changes.
Continue reading about differences in the frequency of household composition changes during 2017 by age and nativity status from the Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation.
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