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The Changing Transition to Adulthood : Leaving and Returning Home.

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goldscheider, Francis
Otros Autores: Goldscheider, Dr. Calvin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 1999.
Colección:Understanding families.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Chapter 1
  • Leaving and Returning Home in 20th Century America; Chapter 2
  • Out of the Nest; Chapter 3
  • Back to the Nest; Chapter 4
  • Runaways and Stay-At-Homes; Chapter 5
  • The Changing Role of Regional Communities; Chapter 6
  • Who Left Whom? The Effects of Childhood Family Structure; Chapter 7
  • Sons And Daughters; Chapter 8
  • Leaving and Returning to the Feathered Nest; Chapter 9
  • The Shifting Ethnic Mosaic; Chapter 10
  • Religious Transformation and Family Values
  • Chapter 11
  • What Is New In Nest-Leaving In 20th Century America?Appendix; References; Index; About the Authors