Multigenerational Family Living - 9781472476692

Taylor & Francis

Multigenerational Family LivingEvidence and Policy Implications from Australia\nAuthor(s): Edgar Liu, Hazel Easthope\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781472476692, 978-1472476692\nSynopsis\nMultigenerational living where more than one generation of related adults cohabit in the same dwelling is recognized as a common arrangement amongst many Asian, Middle Eastern and Southern European cultures, but this arrangement is becoming increasingly familiar in many Western societies. Much Western research on multigenerational households has highlighted young adults' delayed first home leaving, the result of difficult economic prospects and the prolonged adolescence of generation Y. This book shows that the causes and results of this phenomenon are more complex. \n\nThe book sheds fresh light on a range of structural and social drivers that have led multigenerational families to cohabit and the ways in which families negoti.