A comparative analysis of leaving home in the United States, the Netherlands and West Germany
We investigate how leaving the parental home differs between three countries with different welfare-state and housing systems: the USA, the Netherlands and West Germany. Using longitudinal survey data, we examine the transitions of leaving home to live with and without a partner. We find that, much...
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| Language: | English |
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
2002-12-01
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| Series: | Demographic Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol7/17/ |
| Summary: | We investigate how leaving the parental home differs between three countries with different welfare-state and housing systems: the USA, the Netherlands and West Germany. Using longitudinal survey data, we examine the transitions of leaving home to live with and without a partner. We find that, much more than in the European countries, union formation has become separated from leaving home in the USA. We also find a different impact of level of education and employment status on leaving-home patterns in the European countries with their social-welfare state system than in the US system in which market forces prevail. The differences are not just related to welfare-state systems but also to the sizes of the countries and the geographical dispersion of jobs and educational opportunities. |
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| ISSN: | 1435-9871 |