Publications by authors named "Lonneke van den Berg"
Cultural and economic shifts such as increasing individualization and labor market uncertainty may have resulted in an increase in singlehood after leaving home. Using data from the European Social Survey, we compare cohorts born between 1930 and 1989 in 30 European countries. We show that there has been an increase in singlehood after leaving home, but primarily among women.
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- People in different countries leave home at different ages for various reasons.
- Researchers looked at cultural, economic, and institutional factors to explain these differences using data from 22 European countries.
- They discovered that all three factors together help explain most (80%) of why young people leave home, with culture being the most important reason.
An ample body of research has shown that young adults from non-intact families are more likely to leave the parental home at an early age than young adults from intact families. However, little is known about the mechanisms underlying this relationship. We drew on prospective longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) to examine why young adults from non-intact families are more likely to leave home early.
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