Group living decisions as youths transition to adulthood

Donald Haurin, R. Jean Haurin () and Steven Garasky ()
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R. Jean Haurin: Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 921 Chatham Lane, Suite 200, Columbus, OH, USA 43221
Steven Garasky: Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University, 1086 LeBaron St., Ames, Iowa, USA 50011

Journal of Population Economics, 2001, vol. 14, issue 2, 329-349

Abstract: This study follows teens through young adulthood as they transition to independent living. We focus on a little studied issue: why some youths live in groups rather than alone or with parents. This choice is important because the size of the group has a substantial impact on the demand for dwelling units; the more youths per dwelling the lower is aggregate demand and the greater is population density. Our study also adds to the knowledge of which factors influence youths' choice of destination as they leave the parental home. The empirical testing uses a discrete hazard model within a multinomial logit framework to allow for more than one possible state transition. We find that economic variables have little impact on the decision of whether to exit to a large versus a small group, while socio-demographic variables matter. We also test a new push-pull hypothesis and find that the pull of economic variables on the probability of exiting the parental home increases as youths reach their mid to late twenties.

Keywords: Group; living; ·; household; formation; ·; home-leaving (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D1 J12 R20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-07-12
Note: Received: 15 July 1999/Accepted: 15 May 2000
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