Differences in leaving home by individual and parental education among young adults in Europe

Schwanitz, Katrin; Mulder, Clara H.; Thomas, L.

doi:10.4054/demres.2017.37.63

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“…Background factors likely are a key component in young adults' evaluations about the advantages and disadvantages, as well as the feasibility of leaving home. This ties in with the longstanding argument in the empirical literature that economic resources are a critical determinant of home-leaving (e.g., Avery, Goldscheider, and Speare 1992;Kerckhoff and Macrae 1992;Mulder, Clark, and Wagner 2002;Aassve et al 2002;Billari 2004;Iacovou 2010;Aassve, Cottini, and Vitali 2013;Schwanitz, Mulder, and Toulemon 2017). Resources -such as income, educational attainment, housing, but also socioeconomic family background -directly capture young adults' agency (i.e., the ability to pursue leaving-home plans effectively); agency, in turn, is also related to the perceived ability to achieve a specific behavioural goal (Ajzen 1991).…”

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“…As such, we are conceptualising country of residence as a background factor within the TPB framework. Of course, a central tenet of cross-national demographic research has long been that structural and cultural factors located at the country level are main drivers of observed differences in intergenerational coresidence and the transition to adulthood (e.g., Schwanitz, Mulder, and Toulemon 2017; for a detailed review see Buchmann and Kriesi 2011). If intentions are indeed key determinants of behaviour, cross-national differences in intention formation are much more useful for understanding variation in patterns of coresidence between young adults and their parents.…”

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“…Importantly, TPB originally does not discuss the country context. We thus draw on the comparative leaving-home literature to distinguish two different reasons why differences in leaving-home intentions also likely exist between countries: opportunity structures and cultural norms (Reher 1998;Aassve et al 2002;Billari 2004;Mandic 2008;Iacovou 2010;Liefbroer and Billari 2010;Vitali 2010;Schwanitz, Mulder, and Toulemon 2017). We argue that intention formation is not only situated within a personal context -as defined by gender, age, education, and employment, for example -but also within a broader national socioeconomic and cultural context.…”

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Unpacking intentions to leave the parental home in Europe using the Generations and Gender Survey

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Rampazzo²,

Vitali³

2021

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BACKGROUNDComparative research has shown considerable cross-national differences in the age at leaving the parental home across Europe. Intentions to leave home might help to shed light on such marked heterogeneity in patterns of home-leaving. OBJECTIVEWe address to what extent personal preferences (measured by attitudes), normative pressure (measured by subjective norms), and structural barriers (measured by perceived behavioural control) are linked to leaving-home intentions. We also address whether such associations vary by country, gender, and age. METHODSWe use data for 12 European countries from the first wave of the Generations and Gender Survey. The sample is composed of young adults (aged 18 to 34) who had never left the parental home for at least three months after age 16 (N = 10,457). We employ multigroup factor analysis and binary logistic regression models to (1) compare the distribution of estimated means, variances, and correlations of attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control towards leaving home and to (2) analyse the interactions between these three latent factors and country, sex, and age. RESULTSThe analyses show a North-West/South-East divide in leaving-home intentions among young adults and a large variation in the estimated means of attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control across the 12 countries. Our analyses also overall confirm the relevance of these three factors as drivers for young adults' leaving-home

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Unpacking intentions to leave the parental home in Europe using the Generations and Gender Survey

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Rampazzo²,

Vitali³

2021

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“…Leaving the parental home is considered an important marker in the transition to adulthood, as it often entails economic independence and reduced instrumental and social support from parents. Previous research has explored factors that propel or deter young adults' leaving home (Bayrakdar & Coulter, 2018; Gillespie, Bostean & Malizia, 2020; Mulder & Clark, 2000; Schwanitz, Mulder & Toulemon, 2017; South & Lei, 2015). However, even though intergenerational proximity defines the opportunity structure for parent–child interactions, very little research has been done on the distance young adults move when they establish an independent household (for an example, see Leopold, Geissler & Pink, 2012)—this is largely due to a lack of available data on young adults' and parents' geographic locations.…”

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Intergenerational solidarity, proximity to parents when moving to independence, and returns to the parental home

Gillespie

Lei

2020

Population Space and Place

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Research on leaving home among young adults has mainly focused on the timing of departures rather than the distance that young adults move when they leave the parental home and establish independent households. We draw on data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) Transition to Adulthood Supplement (TAS) (2005–2015) and the Geospatial Match Files to examine the relationship between intergenerational solidarity and the distance of young adults' first independent household. We also examine whether intergenerational proximity is associated with the likelihood of returning home. The results indicate that young adults from high SES families tend to move farther, while those who have children and a close relationship with their mothers tend to stay nearby. Living far from the parental home deters home returning only for young adults who do not have a close relationship with their mothers.

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“…The entry age into typical stages of life is therefore challenged with the consequent impact on social policies and how people organize their life. In particular, the better life conditions for older age-groups have enhanced a steady shift forward of the threshold between adulthood and old age; see Sanderson and Scherbov (2010) and Schwanitz et al (2017).…”

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The Measure of Population Aging in Different Welfare Regimes: A Bayesian Dynamic Modeling Approach

2019

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Given a population at a specific time point, it is often of interest to identify the entry age into typical stages of life, such as being young, becoming adult and elderly. These age cutoffs are important because they influence the public opinion and have an impact on policy decisions. An issue of great social relevance is defining the threshold beyond which a person becomes elderly. Fixed cutoffs are debatable because of their conventional nature which disregards issues such as changing life expectancy and the evolving structure of the age distribution. The above shortcomings can be overcome if age cutoffs are defined endogenously, i.e., relative to the whole age distribution of each country at a specific time point. We pursue this line of research by presenting an analysis whose main features are: (1) establishing a relationship between a country's welfare regime and its age distribution and aging process, together with the identification of four clusters of countries corresponding to distinctive welfare models and (2) a Bayesian hierarchical dynamic model which accounts for the uncertainty in the time series of measurements of the endogenous cutoffs for the countries in the sample, as well as for their clustering structure. Our analysis leads to model-based estimates of country-specific endogenous age cutoffs and corresponding aging indicators. Additionally, we provide cluster-specific estimates, a novel contribution engendered by the use of hierarchical modeling, which widens the scope of our analysis beyond the countries which are present in the sample.

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Differences in leaving home by individual and parental education among young adults in Europe

Cited by 24 publications

References 48 publications

Unpacking intentions to leave the parental home in Europe using the Generations and Gender Survey

Unpacking intentions to leave the parental home in Europe using the Generations and Gender Survey

Intergenerational solidarity, proximity to parents when moving to independence, and returns to the parental home

The Measure of Population Aging in Different Welfare Regimes: A Bayesian Dynamic Modeling Approach

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