TY  - JOUR
A1  - Mulder, Clara H.
A1  - Clark, William A.V.
A1  - Wagner, Michael
T1  - A comparative analysis of leaving home in the United States, the Netherlands and West Germany
Y1  - 2002/12/11
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 565
EP  - 592
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2002.7.17
VL  - 7
IS  - 17
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol7/17/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol7/17/7-17.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol7/17/7-17.pdf
N2  - 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.

ER  -