title: Are young people leaving home earlier or later?
abstract: "Although the popular view is that young people are leaving home later, a closer investigation of [Australian] data from 1979 to 1995 shows that this is not entirely true. Decreases are observed in the proportion of 15-19 year old men and women living at home at least since the mid-1980s, the increase for 20-24 year old men ceased in 1990, and only 20-24 year old women show a sustained increase. If only unattached young adults are considered instead of the conventional measure, any increases are even more subdued. The overall trend seems to be that while late leavers may be leaving home later, early leavers are leaving earlier or at the same time."
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001315:Australia; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005843:Geography; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D010139:Pacific Islands; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Age Factors; Australia; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Research; Geographic Factors; Life Cycle; Living Arrangements; Nest Leaving; Oceania; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Residence Characteristics; Sex Factors; Spatial Distribution; Time Factors; Youth