Research Insights: What Can We Learn from Three-Generation Households?

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Date
Jun 2023
In the last five decades, living with extended family has become more common around the globe. In Mexico, the share of three-generation households has increased by nearly 20% in both urban and rural areas in the last 15 years. Among other differences, the gender gap in employment is significantly smaller for three-generation households, and it is narrowing faster.