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Leaving the Parental Home: An Analysis of Early Housing Careers*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

Gill Jones
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Abstract

Patterns of leaving home vary between classes in terms of the reason for the move, its timing, reversibility of the process, and the type of accommodation entered on leaving the family of origin. The association between leaving home and marriage is seen to be weakening as more young people move into single independent housing prior to marriage. The notion of transitional housing is raised, and it is argued that there will be an increasing demand for such housing, characterised by suitable accommodation for the single, geographically mobile young. The study draws upon evidence in the General Household Survey and the National Child Development Study.

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Journal of Social Policy , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , January 1987 , pp. 49 - 74
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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