An increasing number of American households consist of two or more generations living under one roof, according to a study by online real estate company Trulia.
Households that include children, parents and grandparents — the sandwich generation — represent 4.3% of households today, up from 3.6% in 2006, according to U.S. Census data.
Trulia attributes the trend to two primary factors. Many families are choosing to share homes and expenses due to economic factors in the wake of the 2008 recession. And the country's demographics are shifting toward populations that traditionally have embraced multigenerational households, including Asian and Hispanic families, two of the fastest growing U.S. populations.
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