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- Title
The Transition to Adulthood in Spain in a Comparative Perspective: The Incidence of Structural Factors.
- Authors
Moreno, Almudena
- Abstract
This article sets out to describe and comparatively identify the possible economic, institutional and cultural factors that take part in the process of transition to adulthood, with particular emphasis on factors that explain why young people in Spain leave the parental home late in life. To do this, a number of indicators have been selected and made up using data from different international statistical sources.The results obtained suggest that in the welfare regimes of Southern Europe, and particularly in Spain, factors such as scarce emancipation policies, the cross-generational solidarity, the home-ownership culture, young people’s economic situation and job insecurity, together with the inflexibility and the costly housing market have all created a culture of parental dependence as a strategy for accumulating capital and for coping with risks in a precarious environment exemplified by the social exclusion and poverty. The analysis has highlighted gender differences in the process of transition to adulthood. The combined analysis of all these factors has enabled a more in-depth understanding of the possible causes of the delay in the process of leaving the parental home experienced by the Spanish young people in a comparative perspective.
- Subjects
SPAIN; EUROPE; ADULTS; SOCIOCULTURAL factors; SOCIAL factors
- Publication
Young, 2012, Vol 20, Issue 1, p19
- ISSN
1103-3088
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/110330881102000102