The Changing Transition to Adulthood
Leaving and Returning Home
Paperback
Lieferzeit: Print on Demand - Lieferbar innerhalb von 3-5 Werktagen I
ISBN-13:
9780761909927
Veröffentl:
1999
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
14.06.1999
Seiten:
276
Autor:
Francis Goldscheider
Gewicht:
404 g
Format:
229x152x15 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This book examines the reasons why children ultimately leave home to live on their own and how the pattern has changed throughout the 20th century. The authors make use of data from the National Survey of Families and Households to: construct patterns for when children leave home; and establish the most important criteria for leaving home amongst different groups in the United States - men, women, blacks, hispanics, whites, and different religious groups and social classes.
Examines the reasons why children ultimately leave home to live on their own and how the pattern has changed throughout the 20th century.
Leaving and Returning Home in 20th Century AmericaLeaving and Returning Home 20th Century AmericaOut of the NestBack to the NestRunaways and Stay-at-HomesThe Changing Role of Regional CommunitiesWho Left Whom? The Effects of Childhood Family StructureSons and DaughtersLeaving and Returning to the Feathered NestThe Shifting Ethnic MosaicReligious Transformation and Family ValuesWhat Is New in Nest-Leaving in 20th Century America?