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In doing so, they helped fuel the largest increase in the number of Americans living in multi-generational households in modern history. From 2007 to 2009, the total spiked from 46.5 million to 51.4 million.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Living in a multi-generational household appears to be a financial lifeline for many. Although their adjusted incomes overall are lower than for those in other households, the poverty rate among people in multi-generational households is substantially lower than for the others \u2014 11.5% vs. 14.6% in 2009, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The potential benefits of living in multi-generational households are greatest for the groups that have been most affected by the Great Recession. Among the unemployed, the poverty rate in 2009 was 17.5% for those living in multi-generational households compared with 30.3% for those living in other households. Members of other economically vulnerable groups\u2014young adults, Hispanics and blacks\u2014who live in multi-generational households also experience sharply lower poverty rates than those in other households.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of Americans living in multi-generational households has been increasing since 1980, a process documented in a 2010 Pew Research report, \u201cThe Return of the Multi-General Household.\u201dDemographic forces, including delayed marriages and a wave of immigration, have contributed to this steady rise, which amounts to about 2% annually from 1980 to 2006. 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