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One thing which jumps out to me is that "other living arrangement" was higher back at the turn of the 20th century. Does anyone have any insight into why it was
by morgante 10y ago
One thing which jumps out to me is that "other living arrangement" was higher back at the turn of the 20th century. Does anyone have any insight into why it was so high then but has declined since?
The reason this surprises me is that college attendance (and, thus, living in dorms) was much lower then. What were these other living arrangements that so many people were living in?
- wavefunction 10y agoProbably renting a room or bed in a boarding house.
- ghaff 10y agoPer the original research, other includes living with relatives other than parents (but not "roommates") or group quarters (including dorm or prison). I expect that the former of those used to be higher than today. ADDED: Maybe boarding houses. Not sure how those are counted.
- poulsbohemian 10y agoIf I had to guess, boarding houses / rented rooms. If you look at census records for my neighborhood from a 100 years ago, nearly every household had non-family boarders.
- AnimalMuppet 10y agoBoarding houses?