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.
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Examines the reasons why children ultimately leave home to live on their own and how the pattern has changed throughout the 20th century.
Leaving and Returning Home in 20th Century America Leaving and Returning Home 20th Century America Out of the Nest Back to the Nest Runaways and Stay-at-Homes The Changing Role of Regional Communities Who Left Whom? The Effects of Childhood Family Structure Sons and Daughters Leaving and Returning to the Feathered Nest The Shifting Ethnic Mosaic Religious Transformation and Family Values What Is New in Nest-Leaving in 20th Century America?
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Product details

ISBN
9780761909910
Published
1999-08-23
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Height
228 mm
Width
152 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
280