Doubling up and the erosion of social capital among very low income households

Skobba, Kim; Goetz, Edward G.

doi:10.1080/14616718.2014.961753

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“…Without financial resources, many families relied heavily on informal housing accommodations provided by family and friends, which included moving through a series of doubled up accommodations (Skobba & Goetz, 2015). Considering that many low-income…”

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The relationship between housing instability and intimate partner violence: A retrospective study

Wilson

Thorpe

Sharps

et al. 2020

Public Health Nursing

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Objective: To examine the relationship between housing instability (HI) and intimate partner violence (IPV) over time, controlling for individual, situational, and social structural factors among women and to determine whether race/ethnicity modifies these relationships. Design and Sample: The study was a retrospective secondary data analysis from the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study. The sample included women who reported their housing status at year 5, yielding 4,000 women. Measures: Housing instability was our main independent variable. Our dependent variable of IPV was divided into two categories: no IPV or IPV overtime (IPV reported at baseline, year 1 and year 5). Results: Women were more likely to report HI if they were between the ages of 20-24 (36%), Black (53.2%), did not graduate from high school (48.6%), and were employed with an income of less than $10,000 USD (69%). Race/ethnicity was not found to influence the association between HI and IPV overtime. Conclusions: Women in their early to mid-twenties, with a low level of education and are employed at low-wage jobs have an increased risk for HI and experiencing IPV. Therefore, nurses need to move beyond traditional assessments and screening to elicit information that will help determine increased risk for HI.

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The relationship between housing instability and intimate partner violence: A retrospective study

Wilson

Thorpe

Sharps

et al. 2020

Public Health Nursing

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“…Doubling up as a guest is a com mon response to forced moves, such as evic tion (Desmond 2016), and to income shocks, such as unem ploy ment (Wiemers 2014).Barrierslikeevic tionrecordsandfinan cial con straints can hin der dou bled-up guest fam i lies' efforts to move into inde pen dent hous ing (Desmond 2016). Moreover, because they can be asked to leave at any time, guests are often pre car i ously housed and at risk of home less ness (Skobba and Goetz 2015).Thus,dou blingupoftenreflects-andlikelycon trib utesto-hous inginse cu rity and insta bil ity, which can be harm ful to child well-being (Desmond 2016;Haynie and South 2005). The role of dou bling up as a hous ing strat egy under scores the impor tanceofattend ingtohost/gueststa tus,whichoftenreflectswhetherthechild's fam ily is hous ing inse cure them selves or is pro vid ing hous ing sup port to oth ers.…”

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“…Although the fam ily demog ra phy lit er a ture rarely distinguishes between hosts and guests, research on dou bling up as a hous ing strat egy sug gests that chil dren's expe riences dif fer dra mat i cally by host/guest sta tus. Doubled-up house holds act as pri vate hous ing safety nets by pro vid ing guests an alter na tive to unaf ford able mar ket-rate hous ing (Edin and Shaefer 2015;Skobba and Goetz 2015). Thus, dou bling up often serves dif fer ent func tions for hosts, who pro vide hous ing sup port, and guests, who receive it.…”

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Under Whose Roof? Understanding the Living Arrangements of Children in Doubled-Up Households

Harvey

Pilkauskas

2021

Demography

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A growing literature in family demography examines children's residence in doubled-up (shared) households with extended family members and nonkin. This research has largely overlooked the role of doubling up as a housing strategy, with “hosts” (householders) providing housing support for “guests” living in their home. Yet, understanding children's experiences in doubled-up households requires attention to host/guest status. Using the American Community Survey and Survey of Income and Program Participation, we identify the prevalence of children doubling up as hosts and guests in different household compositions (multigenerational, extended family, nonkin), show how this varies by demographic characteristics, and examine children's patterns of residence across these household types. We find large variation by demographic characteristics. More disadvantaged children have higher rates of doubling up as guests than hosts, whereas more advantaged children have higher rates of doubling up as hosts than guests. Additionally, compared with hosts, guests more often use doubling up as a longer-term strategy; a greater share of guests live consistently doubled up over a three-year period, but those who do transition between household types experience more transitions on average than do hosts. Our findings show the importance of attending to both housing status and household composition when studying children living in doubled-up households.

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“…How long such disruptions last and what longer-term effects they might have on household members is contested (Pettit, 2004). Though the negative effects often attributed to overcrowded residential situations are disputed (Myers et al, 1996), it is reasonable to believe that at some point adding an additional adult to a household to help pay for rent can also increase social tension as more people share a fixed amount of living space (Skobba and Goetz, 2015). Once again, because lower income renter households disproportionately experience rent burden, it is lower income renter households that are more likely to face the potential costs associated with residential moves and increased household sizes.…”

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Rent burden and the Great Recession in the USA

Colburn

Allen

2016

Urban Studies

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In the aftermath of the recent recession, the percentage of households facing rent burden in the USA reached historically high levels, while cost burden for owners has shrunk. This study uses two panels from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) to compare the prevalence, distribution and household responses to the phenomenon of rent burden in the USA in the years immediately before and after the Great Recession. Results suggest that rent burden has become more prevalent after the recession and that income, household composition and location are major drivers of this phenomenon, both before and after the recession. Results also indicate that exiting rent burden was more difficult in the years after the recession and that an increasingly common coping mechanism for rent burdened households is to increase their household sizes. These results indicate that renters have experienced increased financial stress related to their housing. This finding is notable given the lack of policy responses that address hardship among renter households in contrast to the privileged status enjoyed by homeowners in the policy domain.

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Doubling up and the erosion of social capital among very low income households

Cited by 28 publications

References 28 publications

The relationship between housing instability and intimate partner violence: A retrospective study

The relationship between housing instability and intimate partner violence: A retrospective study

Under Whose Roof? Understanding the Living Arrangements of Children in Doubled-Up Households

Rent burden and the Great Recession in the USA

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