Young People in Europe: Two Models of Household Formation

Maria Iacovou

No 1998-13, ISER working papers from Institute for Social and Economic Research

Abstract: Using data from the European Community Household Panel, we examine the household formation behaviour of people aged between 15 and 35 in 11 EU countries. We find that by the age of 35 the majority of people in all countries are married with children. However, there are important inter-country differences in the routes by which young people reach this state. We find evidence of two models of behaviour: a Southern European model, where people make direct transitions from living in their parents' home to marriage and parenthood; and a Northern European model, where people leave home early and make multiple transitions via a number of intermediate states such as living alone, cohabitation, and extended periods of marriage without children.

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