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One of the most obvious consequences of divorce, the moving out from the formerly common household, has received limited scholarly attention. Here we focus on a particular post-divorce residential move, the return to the parental home in Sweden, where intergenerational coresidence is uncommon and non-normative. We ask whether family dissolution increases the likelihood of intergenerational coresidence and whether the strength of the effect depends on socioeconomic and geographical factors. Our analysis of over a million individuals from Swedish population register data show that even if living with parents is, in absolute terms, not a common intergenerational support strategy, its likelihood increases considerably after a family dissolution. This event increases the probability of living with one’s parents especially among men, those with low incomes, and those who live close to their mother. We discuss the implications of our findings for the literature on patterns of intergenerational support across Europe.

DIVORCE; SEPARATION; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; CORESIDENCE; SWEDEN