TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ayllón, Sara
T1  - Poverty and living arrangements among youth in Spain, 1980-2005
Y1  - 2009/04/21
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 403
EP  - 434
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2009.20.17
VL  - 20
IS  - 17
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol20/17/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol20/17/20-17.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol20/17/20-17.pdf
N2  - One of the most relevant demographic events in Spain from a recent historical perspective was the baby boom of the 1960s and 1970s. The "adapting to circumstances" of these generations of youth and their families through delayed emancipation and childbearing has been key in preventing a decline in their economic status. The results show that the reduction of the poverty risk among non-emancipated youth for the period 1980-2005 is explained by the fact that an increasing number of young Spaniards live with both employed parents. Thus, emancipation delay is found most in those families that can best afford it. Furthermore, the salaries of young workers remaining in the parental home have become an important factor in reducing their family poverty risk. On the other hand, fertility decline is readily explained by the economic difficulties young couples encounter in sustaining their offspring.

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