Pew report shows 50-year high point for multi-generational family households

The Washington Post reports:

The number of people living with several generations under one roof in the United States is at its highest point in 50 years, as families cope with ruinous job losses and foreclosures, researchers said Wednesday.

During the first year of the recession, the number of Americans living in such multi-generational families rose by 2.6 million, or more than 5 percent, from 2007 to 2008.

"For some families, when you lose your home, you lose your job, what do you do? You go to your family," said Paul Taylor, co-author of the Pew Research Center report, who described the phenomenon as "the ultimate social safety net."

An interesting article.