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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Marriage Fam. 2019 Oct 14;82(2):822–840. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12606

Table 1.

Distance to nearest and to all parents and/or adult children

Panel A. Distance to nearest parent and/or adult child
% of adults who have the nearest parent within a given distance among those who have a living parent % of adults who have the nearest adult child within a given distance among those with an adult child % of adults who have the nearest parent and/or adult child within a given distance among those who:
have a living parent or adult child have a living parent and adult child





Unweighted N 9709 4867 12001 2575





Coresident, % 5.9 19.1 13.2 22.4
Close, % 59.8 57.1 61.6 63.6
 Coresident or Close, % 65.7 76.2 74.8 86.0
Very Far, % 9.2 6.6 6.8 2.8

Panel B. Share (%) of adults who have all parents and/or adult children within a given distance
% of adults who have all parents within a given distance among those with a living parent % of adults who have all adult children within a given distance among those with an adult child % of adults who have all parents and/or adult children within a given distance among those who:
have a living parent or adult child have a living parent and adult child





Unweighted N 9286 4536 11197 2398





Coresident, % 3.2 4.7 2.8
 Coresident or Close, % 41.8 38.6 35.5 21.2
Very Far, % 9.2 6.5 6.8 2.6

Notes: Nearest distance is based on the sample of PSID heads and spouses 25 and older who have at least one parent and/or adult child with non-missing distance values. Percent with all parents and/or adult children within a distance is based on the sample of PSID heads and spouses 25 and older for whom all parents and/or adult children of the given type have non-missing distance values. “Parents” include own and spouse’s biological/adoptive parents. “Adult children” include adult biological/adopted and step children. Close = in the United States and less than 30 miles but not coresident; Very far = at least 500 miles and in the United States. Sample weights are applied for all estimates. Shaded cells have a cell count less than 10 and cannot be reported.