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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Marriage Fam. 2011 Oct;73(5):1149–1164. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00869.x

Table 2.

Continuity of Coresidential Living Arrangements by Income Distribution and Household Structure (N = 9,932 households and 39,698 observations)

Proportion Remaining in Living Arrangement After:
1 year 3 years 5 years

All coresidential HHs 0.383 0.124 0.065
Less equal income distributiona 0.395 0.137 0.071
More equal income distributionb 0.370 0.114 0.059
Difference: less – more equal 0.025 0.023* 0.111*
Multigenerational HHs 0.447 0.163 0.097
Other coresidential HHs 0.255 0.053 0.016
Difference: multigenerational - other 0.191* 0.109* 0.081*
Multigenerational HHs
 Less equal income distribution 0.462 0.178 0.104
 More equal income distribution 0.427 0.147 0.088
Difference: less – more equal 0.034 0.031* 0.015*
Other coresidential HHs
 Less equal income distribution 0.223 0.038 0.007
 More equal income distribution 0.281 0.063 0.022
Difference: less – more equal −0.058* −0.025* −0.015*

Note. See Table 1 for description of data and sample. HH = household.

a

upper half of sample on HH inequality scale.

b

lower half of sample on HH inequality scale.

*

Difference is statistically significant (p<.05).