Goldscheider F K, DaVanzo J
Demography. 1985 Nov;22(4):545-63.
The sharp decline with age in the percent of young adults who live with their parents is usually attributed to other concurrent life-cycle changes in the "transition to adulthood." We investigate this presumption using data tracking high school seniors seven years after graduation. Although marriage and military service strongly reduce residential dependence on parents, other life-cycle changes such as employment and parenthood are only weakly associated with living arrangements and often affect returning home more than leaving. "Leaving home" is often independent of other transition events and should be studied directly to understand recent patterns of family change.
与父母同住的年轻人比例随年龄急剧下降，这通常归因于“向成年过渡”过程中同时发生的其他生命周期变化。我们利用跟踪高中毕业生毕业后七年的数据来研究这一假设。尽管结婚和服兵役会大幅降低对父母的居住依赖，但就业和为人父母等其他生命周期变化与居住安排的关联较弱，而且往往对回家的影响大于离家。“离家”通常独立于其他过渡事件，应直接进行研究以了解近期家庭变化模式。
