Home alone: More persons living solo than ever before, but roomies the fastest growing household type

July 13, 2022, 8:44 a.m. (EDT)

Trends in living arrangements reflect and influence socioeconomic conditions. Population growth and aging, urbanization, rising educational attainment, sustained immigration, rising ethnocultural diversity, and housing affordability have all contributed to shifts in the ways people live.

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