GENDER DIFFERENCES IN PARENT-CHILD CORESIDENCE EXPERIENCES

Gender differences in exchanges and parent-child relations for adult c hildren residing in parent households are investigated using data from the National Survey of Families and Households. Daughters report doin g more housework, and sons are more likely to pay room and board, but both exchanges are modest and are unrelated to each other and to the r eported quality of parent-child relations. There are few differences b etween sons and daughters in parent-child relations and their predicto rs. Overall, coresidence appears to be more similar than different for adult sons and daughters.