Why Do Japanese Parents and Their Young Adult Children Live Together?

Kei Sakata () and Colin McKenzie
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Kei Sakata: Ritsumeikan University

Chapter Chapter 12 in Advances in Happiness Research, 2016, pp 207-227 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter examines how co-residence with adult children affects the levels of parental satisfaction in Japan. Our empirical evidence suggests that parents are more likely to be dissatisfied with their life and marriage when they live with an adult child. The gender analysis reveals that mothers (fathers) are more likely to be dissatisfied with the co-residence with an adult son (daughter), but fathers (mothers) are likely to be indifferent. Importantly, parents who co-reside with an unmarried adult child are more likely to be financially distressed.

Keywords: Life Satisfaction; Propensity Score; Adult Child; Propensity Score Match; Marital Satisfaction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-55753-1_12

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