“There's no Place Like Home”: An Analysis of Young Adults' Mature Coresidency in Canada

Abstract

This article investigates the propensity for young adults to live in the parental home between the ages of 25 to 34--termed "mature coresidency." Drawing upon a synthesis of life course theory and the concept of social capital, a rationale is developed for examination of emotional closeness to parents during childhood and a number of socio-demographic and structural factors deemed to be important. Using a subset of young adults aged 25 to 34 (N = 1,760) from the 1995 Canadian General Social Survey, it is found that emotional closeness to mothers and fathers are major determinants of mature coresidency. Other important predictors include child's age, gender, marital status, and several family background factors. The implications of the findings are discussed for transitions to adulthood and family development against a changing social and economic landscape.

Parenthood, Stress, and Mental Health in Late Midlife and Early Old Age

“…First, from a life course perspective, coresidential adult children violate normative expectations with regard to the timing of nest-leaving (Settersten, 1998). Adult children who coreside with parents are less likely to be married and employed, and have lower levels of education than children living independently (Goldscheider & Goldscheider, 1999;Mitchell, Wister, & Gee, 2002). Specifically, in my study, among children aged 23 or older that live with their parents, over 90% are unmarried and over 80% do not have a bachelor's degree.…”

The erosion of filial piety by modernisation in Chinese cities

“…The presumption, which is not contentious in China, is that an important expression of filial piety is financial support for elderly parents. In the past, such support has been encouraged by physical closeness or proximity, which in turn correlates with emotional closeness (Bengtson et al 1994; Mitchell, Vister and Gee 2002; Whyte and Qin 2003). As modernisation increases the geographical separation of successive generations, it may reduce parents' financial contributions to their young adult offspring, which through the principle of reciprocity may later reduce children's support of their parents in old age (Chen 2003; Hermalin and Shih 2003).…”

Allongement de la jeunesse et précarisation de l’emploi : un lien de causalité ?

“…Surprises d'un tel résultat, elles ont émis l'hypothèse que cela puisse s'expliquer par des contextes et des comportements différents d'une génération à l'autre. Selon Molgat (2003), Mitchell et al (2002), Ravanera et al (1995) plusieurs facteurs non-économiques concourraient au report de cette transition, dont une offre scolaire plus accessible dans les régions et des attitudes parentales plus flexibles et plus tolérantes.…”