Young, Free and Single?: Twenty-Somethings and Household Change

by S. Heath, E. Cleaver

Overview

In the context of the ongoing destandardization of young people's lives, this book explores changing patterns of household formation amongst contemporary 20-somethings and the implications of these changes for the ways in which they relate to friends, parents and partners. The book points to the growing polarization between the experiences of graduates and non-graduates, and highlights changing expectations and attitudes towards intimacy and 'settling down' amongst these groups.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403901248
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	12/16/2003
Edition description:	2003
Pages:	225
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

SUE HEATH is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Southampton, and Co-Convenor of the British Sociological Association's Youth Study Group. Previous publications include Sociological Research Methods in Context (with Fiona Devine) and Times in the Making (editor with Graham Crow).

ELIZABETH CLEAVER is a Senior Research Officer at the National Foundation for Educational Research and is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Southampton.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements The Destandardisation of Household Formation Domesticity, Household Formation and Youth Research Risk, Individualisation and the Single Life Living In and Leaving the Parental Home Student Housing and Households Shared Housing, Grown-up Style Solo Living: Who Wants to Live Alone? Friends and Family Negotiating Current and Future Partnerships Redifining Home? Conclusion: Twenty-Somethings and Household Change Appendix 1: The Young Adults and Shared Household Living Project Appendix 2: Household Profiles Bibliography Index