The Changing Transitions to Adulthood across Southeast Asia

Quamrun Nahar, Peter Xenos and Jeofrey Abalos

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2013, vol. 646, issue 1, 42-68

Abstract: Using data from the national censuses of five Southeast Asian countries, this article examines entropy-based measures of the heterogeneity in a set of five markers of the transition to adulthood. Our results suggest that the transition to adulthood is becoming increasingly complex over time in all five countries; complexity is greatest for females, and important cross-national differences in heterogeneity levels and timing persist when underlying patterns of economic transformation are considered. In light of these persistent cross-national differences, we suggest that our census-based analysis should be complemented with case studies of these countries that focus on cultural or institutional influences. Results related to the importance of schooling suggest that cross-national comparisons of educational institutions would be fruitful.

Keywords: transition to adulthood; entropy analysis; diversity; cross-national comparison; transitional marker (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716212469921

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