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Leaving home in Spain: When, where and why?

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Clare Holdsworth
David Voas
Mark Tranmer
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H oldsworth C., V oas D. and T ranmer M. (2002) Leaving home in Spain: when, where and why?, Reg. Studies 36 , 989-1004. Spanish transitions out of the parental home are characterized by older ages of leaving and a close association between leaving home and partnership formation, compared to countries in northern Europe. Yet throughout Spain we find important regional variation in the intensity and timing of leaving home. This paper provides new insights into the causes of this regional diversity, focusing on both economic and cultural dimensions. The analyses are based on multilevel models that control for individual and provincial characteristics. Economic factors play a vital role at the individual level, yet are less important at the provincial level. Regional variation is more closely associated with the impact of both the timing of partnership formation and the relationship between leaving home and getting married. These distinctive regional patterns of leaving home and partnership formation are discussed with reference to historical traditions of family and household formation. H oldsworth C., V oas D. et T ranmer M. (2002) Partir de chez ses parents en Espagne: quand, où, pourquoi?, Reg. Studies 36 , 989-1004. Par rapport aux pays européens septentrionaux, en Espagne la transition du foyer de ses parents a lieu à un âge plus é levé et se fait par des partenaires. Toujours est-il que dans toute l'Espagne on trouve d'importantes variations régionales en termes du taux de départ et du moment choisi pour partir de chez ses parents. Cet article cherche à fournir de nouveaux aperçus sur les causes de cette variation régionale, portant sur les aspects économiques et culturels. Les analyses sont fondées sur des modèles à niveaux multiples qui tiennent compte des caractéristiques individuelles et provinciales. Des facteurs économiques jouent unrôle primordial au niveau individuel. Cependant, ils s'avèrent moins importants sur le plan provincial. La variation régionale se rapporte plus étroitement à l'impact du moment choisi pour devenir partenaires et du rapport entre la décision de partir de chez ses parents et la décision de se marier. On discute de ces distributions régionales particulières en ce qui concerne les traditions historiques propres à l'établissement des familles et des foyers. H oldsworth C., V oas D. und T ranmer M. (2002) Verlassen des Elternhauses in Spanien: Wann, Wo undWarum?, Reg. Studies 36 , 989-1004. Im Verhältnis zu Ländern in Nordeuropa ist der Fortgang vom Elternhaus in Spanien durch höhere Altersstufen beim Zeitpunkt des Auszugs und eine engere Verbindung zwischen Fortzug und Eingehen einer Partnerschaft gekennzeichnet. Doch in ganz Spanien trifft man auf bedeutende regionale Schwankungen in Intensität und Zeitpunkt des Weggangs. Dieser Aufsatz vermittelt neue Einsichten in die Ursachen für diese regionale Vielfalt, wobei er sich sowohl auf wirtschaftliche als auch auf kulturelle Dimensionen konzentriert. Die Analysen stützen sich auf vielschichtige Modelle, die individuelle und provinzielle Eigenschaften überwachen. Auf persönlicher Ebene spielen wirtschaftliche Faktoren eine lebenswichtige Rolle, doch auf Provinzebene sind sie weniger akut. Regionale Schwankungen sind enger mit der Auswirkung des Zeitpunktes der Partnerschaftsbildung und mit der Beziehung zwischen Verlassen des Elternhauses und Eheschließung verbunden. Diese unverkennbaren, regionalen Muster des Fortgangs vom Elternhaus und Eingehen einer Partnerschaft werden im Hinblick auf historische Traditionen der Familien-und Haushaltsgründung besprochen.

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Volume (Year): 36 (2002)
Issue (Month): 9 (December)
Pages: 989-1004
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Keywords: Leaving Home; Spain; Regional Differences; Multilevel Models;

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  1. Ermisch, John & Di Salvo, Pamela, 1997. "The Economic Determinants of Young People's Household Formation," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 64(256), pages 627-44, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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