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by dv_dt 2106 days ago
The pew article is more comprehensive than those two surveys. They also point out supporting data from

https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2019/demo/p60-26...

From which they conclude "In 2019, 20% of households are shared households, up from 17% in 2007."

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/04/05/a-record-64...

from which they mention "By 2016, 20% of Americans lived in a multigenerational household, up from 12% in 1980"

One survey is one survey, multiple data points from a set of different perspectives is more comprehensive an analysis and less susceptible to single measurement methodology errors.

The main thing I take from this is that movement of a household income number is fairy meaningless unless you also know what household size number is measured or calculated with the income number.