To your anecdotes and the article's credit, yes, many minority groups (or approaching majority) do often use larger extended family units. This is not to say t

To your anecdotes and the article's credit, yes, many minority groups (or approaching majority) do often use larger extended family units. This is not to say that the the people who need help (from government or church) always have the option -- or that it doesn't have additional costs. (Though to several of the cases mentioned above, extended families are replacing a missing nuclear family member.)