Regional Differences in the Transition to Adulthood
Regional Differences in the Transition to Adulthood
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向成年过渡的地区差异
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2002
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M. Iacovou
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M. Iacovou
这篇文章调查了欧洲和美国15到35岁人群的生活安排。欧洲出现了三种区域模式。在南欧，年轻人长时间留在父母家中，并倾向于从住在家里直接过渡到（正式的）婚姻和为人父母。在北欧，年轻人离家更早，更普遍的是独居或同居。斯堪的纳维亚国家形成了一个极端的北方行为的例子，特别早离开家和高水平的非婚同居。在美国，年轻的黑人、白人和西班牙裔之间存在很大差异。正式婚姻在白人中和在南欧一样普遍；大家庭在黑人和西班牙裔美国人中很常见，美国年轻黑人女性中单身母亲的比例远远超过欧洲最高水平。
This article examines the living arrangements of people between ages fifteen and thirty-five in Europe and the United States. Three regional patterns emerge in Europe. In southern Europe, young people remain for extended periods in the parental home and tend to make direct transitions from living at home to (formal) marriage and parenthood. In northern Europe, youngsters leave home earlier and more commonly live alone or in cohabiting unions. The Scandinavian countries form an extreme example of northern behavior, with particularly early home leaving and high levels of nonmarital cohabitation. In the United States, there are large differences between young blacks, whites, and Hispanics. Formal marriage is as common among whites as it is in southern Europe; the extended family is common for blacks and Hispanics, and lone motherhood among young black American women far outstrips the highest rates in Europe.