How COVID pressure led single moms to turn to coliving with other adults

Between March and April 2020, more than 280,000 moms went from living alone to cohabiting with another adult, according to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data performed by The 19th in collaboration with Misty Heggeness, principal economist and senior adviser at the bureau. The overarching trend in cohabitation is similar whether single women have kids or not, but the monthly changes are often steeper for moms. Those relatively large and sudden changes in cohabitation for single moms generally line up with waves of coronavirus cases and their accompanying effects on school closings.

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