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We use harmonized data from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Samples, classifying living arrangements into alone, with primary kin only (partners, parents, and children), and in extended households; more detailed subcategories include, for example, single-parent households and extended families. Three historical ages of U.S. living arrangements emerge: a \u201clarge household\u201d system (1850\u20131940) characterized by relative stability in the extended household, when primary kin arrangements incorporate the majority of the substantial gains in life expectancy; an era of \u201cprimary kin\u201d dominance (1940\u20131980) when life years spent only with primary kin increase faster than life expectancy, while the prevalence of extended households declines; and a \u201cdiversified\u201d phase (1980\u2013onward) characterized by a decline in two-parent households in favor of greater diversity, including living alone and with extended family.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1215\/00703370-12546633","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,8]],"date-time":"2026-04-08T08:57:43Z","timestamp":1775638663000},"page":"391-402","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["170 Years of Change in Living Arrangements in the United States Using Expected Years of Life: A Research Note"],"prefix":"10.1215","volume":"63","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1417-2631","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Ginevra","family":"Floridi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9916-386X","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Albert","family":"Esteve","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre d'Estudis Demogr\u00e0fics, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"73","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026051113182932700_dem12546633C1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"83","DOI":"10.2307\/2061029","article-title":"Measuring and explaining the change in life expectancies","volume":"21","author":"Arriaga","year":"1984","journal-title":"Demography"},{"key":"2026051113182932700_dem12546633C2","unstructured":"Bell, F. 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