Young people’s housing transitions in context
Young people’s housing transitions in context
The transition to adulthood is frequently characterised as delayed or extended in the contemporary period, in the UK as elsewhere. Studies have addressed changing school-to-work transitions, for example, the extension of full-time education and expansion of higher education, as well as changing patterns in family formation and partnership, including the postponement of marriage and childbearing. Some of these changes have been associated with increasing rates of living alone or ‘solo- living’ and living in shared housing. However, the nature of young people’s housing transitions has received less attention and this paper provides a background to a study which specifically addresses the housing transitions of young people aged between 25 and 34 years old living in ‘non-family’ households, that is, living alone or sharing with others. The paper concludes with a short overview of the project and its main research focus.
youth, young adults, housing, transitions, adulthood
ESRC Centre for Population Change
Calvert, E.
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August 2010
Calvert, E.
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Calvert, E.
(2010)
Young people’s housing transitions in context
(ESRC Centre for Population Change Working Paper, 8)
ESRC Centre for Population Change
38pp.
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The transition to adulthood is frequently characterised as delayed or extended in the contemporary period, in the UK as elsewhere. Studies have addressed changing school-to-work transitions, for example, the extension of full-time education and expansion of higher education, as well as changing patterns in family formation and partnership, including the postponement of marriage and childbearing. Some of these changes have been associated with increasing rates of living alone or ‘solo- living’ and living in shared housing. However, the nature of young people’s housing transitions has received less attention and this paper provides a background to a study which specifically addresses the housing transitions of young people aged between 25 and 34 years old living in ‘non-family’ households, that is, living alone or sharing with others. The paper concludes with a short overview of the project and its main research focus.
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Published date: August 2010
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youth, young adults, housing, transitions, adulthood
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Social Statistics & Demography
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/354954
ISSN: 2042-4116
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