ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates the living arrangements patterns of the diverse groups of Asian Americans. Asian immigrants deserve increased attention not only because of their mounting visibility, but also because a large proportion of them are new arrivals, different in character from older immigrants. There are at least three criteria for classifying Asian ethnicity: race, ancestry, and place of birth. Family households are subdivided into three categories according to types of head, namely, married-couple, male head without spouse present, and female head without husband present. In addition to average household size, the household composition of Asian ethnics is examined using data on relationship to household head. An alternative choice of living arrangements for the unattached is to join others and extend their families. The tendency to live as "other relative of head" varies among ethnic groups. The extent of nonfamily living can be measured by combining the proportion residing alone or as nonrelative of head.
