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Goldscheider, Frances; Goldscheider, Calvin; St. Clair, Patricia; Hodges, James – Social Forces, 1999
The latest phenomenon among life-course transitions of early adulthood is the "return to the nest." Analysis of National Survey of Families and Households data links the increased likelihood of returning home to changes in leaving home: declining age and reasons other than marriage. The reason for leaving that increased returning home…
Descriptors: Late Adolescents, Parent Child Relationship, Relocation, Residential Patterns
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South, Scott J.; Deane, Glenn D. – Social Forces, 1993
In 1979-80, residential mobility was lower among African Americans than non-African Americans after adjusting for differences in home ownership and sociodemographic characteristics. Both African-American and non-African-American mobility were influenced by life-cycle factors, housing characteristics, and metropolitan features, but African-American…
Descriptors: Blacks, Individual Characteristics, Metropolitan Areas, Racial Differences