Multigenerational living: the housing experience of Lebanese Australian families

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Table 1. Summary of the demographic and household information of the Sydney-based sample, as well as participants’ reported experience of multigenerational living at the time of the interviews and before.

Participant Pseudonym	S01 Deena	S02 Maha	S03 Amani	S02* Maha	S04 Basem	S05 Manar	S06 Rania	S07 Samiha	S08 Jessica	S09 Nadine	S10 Ali	S11 Riham	S13 Amal	S14 Fatina	S15 Amin	S13** Amal	S16 Clara
Household (HH)	HH 1			HH 2	HH 3		HH 4	HH 5	HH 6	HH 7	HH 8		HH9	HH10			HH11
Gender Ager Place of birth	Female 56 Lebanon	Female 33 Australia	Female 20 Australia	Female 33 Australia	Male 35 Lebanon	Female 32 Australia	Female 39 Australia	Female 50 Lebanon	Female 39 Australia	Female 24 Australia	Male 35 Australia	Female 29 Australia	Female 28 Australia	Female 46 Lebanon	Male 29 Australia	Female 28 Australia	Female 39 Australia
Number of householders at the time of the interview	6			3	Five living in the dwelling; 19 living in the family complex		5	Four living in the dwelling; nine living in family complex	6	5	3		4	5			6
Variations of multigenerational living***	1, 2, 4			NA	3	3	NA	1, 3, 4	NA	2, 3	NA		NA	1, 4			2, 4
Previous experiences of multigenerational living***				1, 2	All types	1, 4	1	All types	2	1	1, 4	1, 4	1	2

* Maha was part of HH1. She was also interviewed after moving out to HH2 with her nuclear family.

** Amal was also part of HH10 before her marriage. Her experiences of living in HH10 and HH09 are recorded.

*** 1 = adults living in their parents’ homes; 2 = multi-family households; 3 = multiple related families occupying adjacent associated dwellings; 4 = continued use of the parents’ house by subsequent generations (Bayt Al-Ayleh).

Table 2. Summary of the demographic and household information of the Brisbane-based sample, as well as participants’ reported experience of multigenerational living at the time of the interviews and before.

Participant Pseudonym	B01 Firyal	B02 Ameera	B03 Nehad	B04 Zainab
Household (HH)	HH 12	HH 13	HH 14	HH 15
Gender Age Place of birth	Female 39 Lebanon	Female 25 Syria	Female 36 Syria	Female 37 Lebanon
Number of householders at the time of the interview	4	4	8	NA
Variations of multigenerational living*	1, 4	NA	1, 2, 3	NA
Previous experiences of multigenerational living*	2	All types

*1 = adults living in their parents’ homes; 2 = multi-family households; 3 = multiple related families occupying adjacent associated dwellings; 4 = continued use of the parents’ house by subsequent generations (Bayt Al-Ayleh).

Figure 1. The spatial layout of Nadine's knock-down-rebuild house.

Figure 2. Development stages of the Cherif Family Complex.