Stefano Mazzuco
Letizia Mencarini
Rosella Rettaroli

http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol15/5/

doi:10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.5

	Click the icon to view and/or download the PDF file. Once you are in the PDF file, use your browser back button to return to this page.

Abstract

The paper analyses the results of a CATI survey, consisting on a representative national sample of 3083 young people of two different generations: the 23-27th and the 33-37th in the first half of 2004. The analysis is particularly targeted at the oldest cohort and investigates on the late transition to adulthood and its effect on fertility. We wonder whether Italian situation is converging to the European one.
We also analyse the transition processes to all the events of the "life course" as interrelating mechanisms, where each process is the premise for the next step, but where all are probably considered indispensable for choosing to have a child. The results suggest a diffusion of new family forms among youth but a persistent delay in family formation.

Author's affiliation
Stefano Mazzuco
Università di Padova, Italy
Letizia Mencarini
University of Turin, Italy
Rosella Rettaroli
University of Messina, Italy

Keywords
delay of family formation, Italy, transition to adulthood

Word count (Main text)
8017

Other articles by the same author/authors (in Demographic Research)

	[19-11] Albania: Trends and patterns, proximate determinants and policies of fertility change
	[18-1] Gender equity and fertility intentions in Italy and the Netherlands
	[15-2] Youth poverty and transition to adulthood in Europe

Similar articles in Demographic Research

[19-48] The influence of parents on cohabitation in Italy - Insights from two regional contexts (transition to adulthood, Italy)

[ Back to previous page ]