| The Changing Transition to Adulthood: Leaving and Returning Home Contributor(s): Goldscheider (Author), Goldscheider, Calvin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761909915 ISBN-13: 9780761909910 Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc OUR PRICE: $170.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1999 Annotation: This book places changes in leaving and returning home in the context of the major events of 20th century America. The authors examine the reasons children ultimately leave home to live on their own and how the pattern has changed throughout the 20th century. Using data from the National Survey of Families and Households, Goldscheider and Goldscheider have constructed these patterns for when children leave home and what the most important criteria for doing so are to different groups in America, including men, women, Blacks, Hispanics, Whites, and different religious groups and social classes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Psychology |
| Dewey: 305.242 |
| LCCN: 99006321 |
| Series: Understanding Families |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.96" W x 9.22" (1.08 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines the reasons why children ultimately leave home to live on their own and how the pattern has changed throughout the 20th century. The authors make use of data from the National Survey of Families and Households to: construct patterns for when children leave home; and establish the most important criteria for leaving home amongst different groups in the United States - men, women, blacks, hispanics, whites, and different religious groups and social classes. |