Roomsharing
Roomsharing is where two or more people occupy a room, typically a bedroom. Roomsharing is the norm in some cultures, such as by Mayan families in rural Guatemala.{{cite book|last1=Callahan|first1=Alice|title=The Science of Mom: A Research-Based Guide to Your Baby's First Year|date=2015|page=122}} In cultures where it is not normal, it may be comported out of viability, perhaps due to impoverishment.{{cite book|last1=Jutte|first1=Robert|title=Poverty and Deviance in Early Modern Europe|date=1994|page=68}}
China
Due to Chinese high rents and housing and unemployment crisis in an common co-rental "bedmates" arrangement approach some people shared the same room/bed with strangers.{{cite web | url=https://www.insider.com/china-youth-share-beds-with-strangers-to-make-rent-megacities-2023-8?amp | title='Bedmates' are a hot commodity for China's broke and jobless youth, who say they need to sleep next to strangers just to survive in the country's megacities | website=Insider.com }}