Changing Transition to Adulthood Vol. 17 : Leaving and Returning Home

by Francis Goldscheider

• ISBN13: 9780761909927
• ISBN10: 0761909923
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781452265117
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-14
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
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Summary

This book places changes in leaving and returning home in the context of the major events of 20th century America. The authors examine the reasons children ultimately leave home to live on their own and how the pattern has changed throughout the 20th century. Using data from the National Survey of Families and Households, Goldscheider and Goldscheider have constructed these patterns for when children leave home and what the most important criteria for doing so are to different groups in America, including men, women, Blacks, Hispanics, Whites, and different religious groups and social classes.

Table of Contents

Leaving and Returning Home in 20th Century America

Leaving and Returning Home 20th Century America

Out of the Nest

Back to the Nest

Runaways and Stay-at-Homes

The Changing Role of Regional Communities

Who Left Whom? The Effects of Childhood Family Structure

Sons and Daughters

Leaving and Returning to the Feathered Nest

The Shifting Ethnic Mosaic

Religious Transformation and Family Values

What Is New in Nest-Leaving in 20th Century America?