Böcker av Frances K. Goldscheider

Examines the reasons why children ultimately leave home to live on their own and how the pattern has changed throughout the 20th century.

Is the American family a thing of the past? Nonmarriage, childlessness and divorce are commonplace. This work focuses on adults across the nation who reached 'thirtysomething' in the early 1980s.

This study explores a step that young American adults are increasingly taking - setting up a household alone or with housemates. It examines gender attitudes, ethnic and religious values, and generational relationships which shape the path young people take to residential independence.