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Title: The transition to adulthood in China, Germany and the US: Prevalence and timing in private and professional life
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2019
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DOI: 10.1177/2057150X19838728
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Abstract: We explore cross-country differences in the transition to adulthood between China, Germany, and the USA. Using large-scale panel studies, we examine the timing of leaving the parental home, first marriage and first parenthood. For those born between 1933 and 1988, we observe a delay in the timing of first marriage in all three societies. But the delay is steeper in the USA than in Germany and China. The age at first childbirth is increasing in all three countries. By age 30, most individuals in China have married their first partner and become parents, whereas in the USA and Germany less than half of the population have experienced one of these events. There are large differences in educational and employment trajectories between the urban and rural populations in China, less so in the USA, whereas almost no differences are observed in Germany. The three countries are alike in the proportion of individuals who have left the parental home by age 30. In all three countries, individuals without tertiary qual...
Url: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2057150X19838728
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Authors: Fulda, Barbara E.; Nauck, Bernhard; Ren, Qiang
Periodical (Full): Chinese Journal of Sociology
Issue: 2
Volume: 5
Pages: 193-213
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Family and Marriage, Other
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