NDLI: Gender, Turning Points, and Boomerangs: Returning Home in Young Adulthood in Great Britain

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Author	Stone, Juliet Berrington, Ann Falkingham, Jane
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	The idea of a generation of young adults “boomeranging” back to the parental home has gained widespread currency in the British popular press. However, there is little empirical research identifying either increasing rates of returning home or the factors associated with this trend. This article addresses this gap in the literature using data from a long-running household panel survey to examine the occurrence and determinants of returning to the parental home. We take advantage of the longitudinal design of the British Household Panel Survey (1991–2008) and situate returning home in the context of other life-course transitions. We demonstrate how turning points in an individual’s life course—such as leaving full-time education, unemployment, or partnership dissolution—are key determinants of returning home. An increasingly unpredictable labor market means that employment cannot be taken for granted following university graduation, and returning home upon completion of higher education is becoming normative. We also find that gender moderates the relationship among partnership dissolution, parenthood, and returning to the parental home, reflecting the differential welfare support in Great Britain for single parents compared with nonresident fathers and childless young adults.
Starting Page	257
Ending Page	276
Page Count	20
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00703370
Journal	Demography
Volume Number	51
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15337790
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2013-11-02
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Transition to adulthood Turning points Young adults Life course Returning home Demography Sociology Population Economics Medicine/Public Health Geography (general)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Demography

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