Gratton, Brian; Gutmann, Myron P. - In: Population and Development Review 36 (2010) 2, pp. 331-356
Between 1880 and 2000, the percentage of married men 60 and older living only with their wives in empty nest households rose from 19 percent to 78 percent. Data drawn from the US census show that more than half of this transformation occurred in the 30-year period from 1940 to 1970, bookended by...
