Living distance between American parents and children in 2011
This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted in 2011 among Americans 50 years and older. They were asked about the distance between themselves and the place where their children live. Of the 2,017 interviewees, 71 percent answered that their children lived less than an hour away; 40 percent answered that the distance between them and their children was more than 5 hours.
