Parents play a key role in launching their children into adulthood. Differences in the resources they provide their children have implications for perpetuating patterns of family inequality. Immigrant status and race/ethnicity are associated with patterns of support in complex ways. Racial/ethnic and immigrant disparities in perceptions of support, financial support, and receiving advice from parents about education or employment are explained by family socioeconomic resources. Group differences in whether young adults say they would turn to a parent for advice and co-residence persist after accounting for these factors, however.
IFFD Paper 79. Difficult and unsafe journeys
