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Homeleaving age norms — conflict or consensus?
Author(s)	Jean E Veevers, Ellen M Gee, Andrew V Wister
Journal title	International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 43, no 4, 1996
Pages	pp 277-296
Keywords	Children [offspring] ; House removal ; Living patterns ; Canada.
Annotation	Drawing on in-depth interviews with one child and one parent in 218 families in which the adult child has/had returned home (boomerang families), and 202 families in which the adult child has remained independently 'launched', this article examines a number of norms regarding the appropriate timing of homeleaving. The following issues are examined: the degree of overall consensus regarding homeleaving age norms; variations by generation and by family type; factors viewed as conditioning the normative age at homeleaving; and perceptions regarding social approval/disapproval of young adults living at home. Results are discussed in terms of theoretical issues in the life course perspective regarding age norms.
Accession Number	CPA-970731241 A
Classmark	SS: TNH: K7: 7S
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