H. Aykan et Da. Wolf, Traditionality, modernity, and household composition - Parent-child coresidence in contemporary Turkey, RES AGING, 22(4), 2000, pp. 395-421
This article investigates the patterns and correlates of currently married
adult children's coresidence with their parents in Turkey using data from t
he 1993 Turkish Demographic and Health Survey. The authors are particularly
interested in traditional patterns of coresidence (i.e., coresidence with
one or both of the husband's parents) and the effect of variables measuring
traditionality at the individual and contextual levels on coresidence with
any parent and with the husband's parents. The results indicate that cores
idence among currently married children is not the norm. However, the odds
of coresidence with the husband's parents, given that a couple coresides wi
th any parent, are very high. In addition, the authors find substantial eff
ects of traditionality measures on coresidence, especially with the husband
's parents. Continued economic development, and the social changes that acc
ompany it, can be expected to reduce the prevalence of parent-child coresid
ence in Turkey.