Description/Abstract
We investigate the patterns and correlates of currently married adult children’s coresidence with their parents in Turkey, using data from the 1993 Turkish Demographic and Health Survey. We are particularly interested in “traditional” patterns of coresidence—that is, coresidence with one or both of the husband’s parents—and the effects of variables measuring traditionality at the individual and contextual levels on coresidence with any parent, and with the husband’s parents. The results indicate that coresidence among currently married children is not the norm. However, the odds of coresidence with the husband’s parents, given that a couple coresides with any parent, are very high. In addition, we find substantial effects of traditionality measures on coresidence especially with the husband’s parents. Continued economic development, and the social changes that accompany it, can be expected to reduce the prevalence of parent-child coresidence in Turkey.
Document Type
Working Paper
Date
11-1998
Language
English
Funder(s)
National Institute on Aging
Funding ID
P20-AG12837
Series
Aging Studies Program Paper Series
Disciplines
Economic Policy | Economics | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Public Policy
ISSN
1084-1695
Recommended Citation
Aykan, Hakan and Wolf, Douglas A., "Traditionality, Modernity, and Household Composition: Parent-Child Coresidence in Contemporary Turkey" (1998). Center for Policy Research. 430.
https://surface.syr.edu/cpr/430
Source
Local Input
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Additional Information
Aging studies program paper no.17