Katherine S. Newman Summary

This article is written by Katherine S. Newman, she is a sociologist who investigates the rising numbers in accordion families. The numbers of people in their 20's and 30's are still living with their parents and living off their parents savings and retirement, with little of their own. The cost of living has risen, the unemployment rates has also risen and it has compromised the adulthood to young children. Newman’s investigation, is in six countries, drawing from over three hundred interviews, Newman concludes that nations with weak welfare states have the highest frequency of accordion families while the trend is virtually unknown in the Nordic countries. The United States is caught in between. I agree completly with this article, I agree