Aug 20, 2009

The recent issue of Newsweek cites research by Carolina Population Center Fellow Philip N. Cohen about multi-generational households. Cohen is also an associate professor of sociology at UNC-Chapel Hill.

The story, You Will Be a Parent to Your Parents, is available at http://www.newsweek.com/id/212148.

Excerpt from the story:
Philip Cohen, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of the upcoming book [The] Family: Diversity, Inequality and Social Change, predicts that the economic downturn will contribute further to the rise in multigenerational living. “Especially with foreclosures and people losing their homes, where do people turn?” he asks. “They’re most likely to go to their families first.”

In addition to the online content, the story will be published in the August 31, 2009 print issue of the magazine.

The story refers to Cohen’s forthcoming book to be published by W.W. Norton & Company.

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