title: Leaving home: living arrangements of young people in six West-European countries.
abstract: "The timing with which young people leave their parents' home is a critical element in household formation rates.  Direct data on this transition are scarce. Information on the current living arrangements of 16-24 year-olds collected in a 1982 EEC [European Economic Community] Survey provides some insights.  The data suggest quite large cross-national variations in the timing of leaving home and particularly marked differences in the living arrangements of young people.  Reasons for the variation, particularly housing-market differences, are postulated."  The data concern Denmark, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the United Kingdom. (SUMMARY IN FRE)
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kiernan
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D003718:Denmark; D019049:Developed Countries; D005060:Europe; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005602:France; D005843:Geography; D005860:Germany, West; D006798:Housing; D007494:Ireland; D009426:Netherlands; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; D013997:Time Factors; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Comparative Studies; Demographic Factors; Denmark; Developed Countries; Europe; Family And Household; Family Life Cycle; Family Research; France; Geographic Factors; Germany, Federal Republic Of; Housing; Ireland; Mediterranean Countries; Netherlands; Northern Europe; Population; Population Dynamics; Residence Characteristics; Scandinavia; Spatial Distribution; Time Factors; United Kingdom; Western Europe