De-standardization of Family-Life Trajectories of Young Adults: A Cross-National Comparison Using Sequence Analysis

Cees H. Elzinga () and Aart C. Liefbroer ()
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Cees H. Elzinga: Vrije Universiteit
Aart C. Liefbroer: Vrije Universiteit

European Journal of Population, 2007, vol. 23, issue 3, No 2, 225-250

Abstract: Abstract We introduce a number of new methods based on sequence analysis to test hypotheses on the de-standardization of family-life trajectories in early adulthood, using Fertility and Family Survey data on 19 countries. Across cohorts, family-life trajectories of young adults have not become more turbulent. However, in most countries family-life trajectories of young adults have become less similar to one another and the variation in the types of family-trajectories has increased. Contrary to expectations, no clear differences in de-standardization were observed between countries characterized by a social-democratic welfare-state regime and countries characterized by either liberal or conservative welfare-state regimes.

Keywords: Young adulthood; Family-life trajectories; De-standardization; Cross-national comparison; Sequence analysis; Début de l’âge adulte; Trajectoire de vie familiale; Dé-standardisation; Comparaison entre pays; Analyse séquentielle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1007/s10680-007-9133-7

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