In Italy and other Southern European countries the first housing independence among young people occurs at relatively older ages, closely associated with own family formation, in particular marriage, and often thanks to the economic assistance of parents. Parents’ support of adult children’s living arrangement plays a multifaceted role in the transition out of the parental home and first housing acquisition. Not only the inheritance of tenure remains an important factor of social inequalities, but also parents may exert a preferential influence on the decision to leave home. Results from survey data on two cohorts of young Italians (aged 23-27 and 33-37) show that 65% of those who left the parental home have been helped by their parents in the first housing. Most of those who are still living in the parental house expect to be helped when they leave, but the extent of this assistance will be higher if they will marry than if they leave home to cohabit or live on their own. Young people’s expectations derive from the parental normative system: mothers of those still living at home with parents confirm the intentions to support the process of first housing more likely if the family has the economic opportunity to do so and especially if leaving home is associated with marriage.
Una casa per diventare grandi. I giovani italiani, l’autonomia abitativa e il ruolo della famiglia d’origine
TANTURRI, MARIA LETIZIA
2006-01-01
Abstract
In Italy and other Southern European countries the first housing independence among young people occurs at relatively older ages, closely associated with own family formation, in particular marriage, and often thanks to the economic assistance of parents. Parents’ support of adult children’s living arrangement plays a multifaceted role in the transition out of the parental home and first housing acquisition. Not only the inheritance of tenure remains an important factor of social inequalities, but also parents may exert a preferential influence on the decision to leave home. Results from survey data on two cohorts of young Italians (aged 23-27 and 33-37) show that 65% of those who left the parental home have been helped by their parents in the first housing. Most of those who are still living in the parental house expect to be helped when they leave, but the extent of this assistance will be higher if they will marry than if they leave home to cohabit or live on their own. Young people’s expectations derive from the parental normative system: mothers of those still living at home with parents confirm the intentions to support the process of first housing more likely if the family has the economic opportunity to do so and especially if leaving home is associated with marriage.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
