This study examines time with children among women who remain childless in young to middle adulthood. The authors identify biologically childless women aged 25 to 44 years in the June 2004-2008 Current Population Survey, and use their subsequent time use diaries in the 2004-2009 American Time Use Survey to measure their time with children. The…

The authors use data from the 1992 National Health and Social Life Survey to examine the association between incarceration and living arrangements, net of a range of sociodemographic and early life characteristics. Relative to living with a spouse and child(ren), there is evidence that a history of incarceration is strongly associated with…

Explores ramifications of simplifying the complexity of children's living arrangements. Drawing on 1990 census data, shows that over two-fifths of children in single-mother families actually lived in households with other adults present. Claims that inaccurate assessments of household living arrangements masks the extent of a race-ethnic gap in…

Profiles European young people regarding residential independence and relationship with the labor market. Recent trends show (a) most youth live with their parents; (b) stability in the proportion of unemployed and their residential status; and (c) significant increases in southern countries of employed young people still living with their…

Provides a synopsis of research on young people in Germany and examines whether they live longer in their parents' home. Also presents demographic developments during the past 45 years. Explores the age which young people leave the parental home and discusses the reasons for staying home or moving out. (RJM)

Reports on differences between young people in Italy and those abroad. Drawing on data from three censuses, found that Italy is characterized by a high percentage of family-of-origin households which is attributed to the fact that most young adults there leave home only to marry. (RJM)

Drawing on data from 1950 to 1990, examines Dutch trends in the leaving home process. Discusses the relationship of material and nonmaterial resources in the family and outside the family with young adults' decision for leaving or staying home. Explores variables, such as parental money and parental services, in these decisions. (RJM)

Reviews research from the 1990s on leaving-home trends in the United States. Found a correlation between the leaving-home process in early adulthood and changes in the core nuclear family. Relationships between parents and children shape the launch from home, whereas those between men and women shape the destinations. (RJM)

Used 716 adult children residing in parent households to investigate the antecedents of continuing and return coresidence. Variations across age groups are investigated. Coresidence history is related to such child characteristics as marital status and education and varies across age groups, but continuing and return coresidents are more similar…

Drawing on census data from 1975 to 1994, reports on the leaving-home behavior of youth in France. Findings indicate that French youth tend to leave the parental home increasingly later, mainly due to unemployment. But the impact of unemployment varied according to the young person's sex and residential situation. (RJM)