How far do children move? Spatial distances after leaving the parental home


Leopold, Thomas ; Geißler, Ferdinand ; Pink, Sebastian



DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.03.004
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S...
Additional URL: https://gess.uni-mannheim.de/fileadmin/gess_db/Con...
Document Type: Article
Year of publication: 2012
The title of a journal, publication series: Social Science Research
Volume: 41
Issue number: 4
Page range: 991-1002
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Publishing house: Elsevier
ISSN: 0049-089X , 1096-0317
Publication language: English
Institution: Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > Mannheim Centre for European Social Research - Research Department A
Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences- CDSS (Social Sciences)
Subject: 300 Social sciences, sociology, anthropology
Abstract: This research used geocoded data from 11 waves (2000–2010) of the German Socio-economic Panel Study to investigate the spatial distances of young adults’ initial move-outs (N = 2113) from their parents’ homes. Linear regression models predicted moving distances by factors at individual, family, household, and community level. Overall, home leavers moved across very small distances with a median value of less than 10 km. Greater distances were found for well-educated and childless home leavers who moved out at relatively young ages from high-income households located in less-urbanized regions. In line with developmental models of migration, young adults stayed closer if the parental household was still located at their place of childhood. We conclude that considering the spatial distance of move-outs may advance our understanding of individual passages to adulthood and intergenerational relations across the life course.




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