But the extended-family structure also made it "far easier for the older generation to control the younger ones," Coontz said, and tended to undermine the romantic couple relationships in their midst.

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However, by the 1850s, three quarters of Americans were living in extended nuclear families in which one building housed those 65 or older, adult children and grandchildren.

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These are nuclear families that also contain an unmarried, divorced or widowed relative. The “broken extended family” makes up another 4% of total family households.