Le lien de parenté dans les jeunes générations suisses : lignées, structure et fonctions

Although intergenerational relations have been the subject of recent sociological research, the role and significance of kinship for the young generations has received less attention. This article presents the results of a survey examining the ways in which young adults (18-25 years) are integrated in the family network. The subjective importance of kin (outside the nuclear family) for young adults is assessed from a relational and normative perspective. What type of contacts and quality of relationships do they have with the kinship group? How are these exchanges structured? What are the specific functions of the different members of the kinship group? These are the main lines of inquiry around which the analysis is organized, with particular emphasis on lineage and generation membership as a differentiating factor in family relations. A synthesis is made using a hierarchical classification to produce an empirical typology of the relationships between young adults and their kinship network..