Research project Parental co-residence among young adults: Social conditions, experiences and aspirations
How do young adults living with their parents experience and describe their housing situation, and what are their hopes for their future? How do they negotiate their relationships with other family members and close ones in relation to their housing situation?
The ability of young adults in Sweden to secure their own housing has become increasingly difficult over the past decade. Many now live with their parents, yet are seldom included in discussions about their housing needs. In this project, we therefore interview young adults living at home (aged 20-30) to understand their experiences of parental co-residence and their expectations and aspirations for their housing in the future.
Project description
In the last decades the Swedish housing market has been partly deregularised and privatised. This has led to increasing housing inequality, which has particularly disadvantaged the new generation of young adults. Young adults co-residing with their parents is increasing, and for the vast majority their co-residency is involuntary. Yet, research suggest that young people’s experience of co-residence can have both positive and negative consequences.
Studies on co-residence, however, are dominated by survey research. There is a paucity of more nuanced, in-depth studies of young adults’ own experiences of co-residence. To this end, this project explores the experiences and aspirations of young adults living with their parents. This is addressed through qualitative interviews. To examine how housing situation is related to socio-spatial conditions, research will be conducted in a rural locality, a middle-sized city and a major city. In its initial phase, a pilot interviews are conducted with residents in different parts of the Stockholm area. The project will generate important new knowledge about young adults’ experiences of co-residence, family relationships and aspirations in relation to wider socio-spatial processes and cultural discourses.
Project members
Project managers
Elias Le Grand
Universitetslektor
Members
Lucas Gottzén
Professor
Susanna Areschoug
Universitetslektor
