LATs in the United States

Abstract

This chapter presents the findings of my 2016 surveys of LATs in New York State and nationally and my qualitative interviews with LATs in the United States and England, which support many of the findings of the literature from other countries and diverge from them in certain respects. The survey statistics show that living apart is as common here as in Europe, with couples displaying similar arrangements and interactions. Data about economic interrelationship of the partners and mutual caregiving differ somewhat from those reported in previous studies.