TY - JOUR
T1 - Home economics
T2 - Metropolitan labor and housing markets and domestic arrangements in young adulthood
AU - Hughes, Mary Elizabeth
N1 - Funding Information:
"This researchwas supported in part by grant number T32 HD007242 from the National Institute ofChild Health and Human Development awarded to the Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, and grant numbers T32 AG00243 from the National Institute on Aging and P30 HD18288 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, both awarded to the Population Research Center, University ofChicagoand National Opinion Research Center. I presented a previous version of this article at the 1997 meeting of the American Sociological Association held in Toronto, Ontario. Frank Furstenberg, Janice Madden, Samuel Preston, Herbert Smith, and Linda Waite provided generous advice and encouragement. I also benefited from the comments ofRegina Bures,Marin Clarkberg,Phil Morgan, and the anonymous reviewers. Direct correspondence to Mary Elizabeth Hughes, Department of Sociology, Duke University, Box 90088, Durham, NC 27708. E-mail: mehughes@soc.duke.edu.
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PY - 2003/6
Y1 - 2003/6
N2 - I examine the relationship of labor and housing market conditions to marriage, living alone, living with a partner, living with roommates, or living with parents among persons aged 18-30, Although the residential choices available to contemporary young adults undermine the uniqueness of marriage, I find that marriage retains a high material standard. I also find that the material foundations of nonmarital arrangements differ. Housing costs are strongly associated with, domestic arrangements: in areas with higher housing costs, relatively expensive arrangements are less common. These patterns appear in broad brush for blacks and whites and males and females; however, I also observe important racial differences. My results suggest that the interaction of structural context with consumption aspirations is an important influence on domestic life in the transition to adulthood.
AB - I examine the relationship of labor and housing market conditions to marriage, living alone, living with a partner, living with roommates, or living with parents among persons aged 18-30, Although the residential choices available to contemporary young adults undermine the uniqueness of marriage, I find that marriage retains a high material standard. I also find that the material foundations of nonmarital arrangements differ. Housing costs are strongly associated with, domestic arrangements: in areas with higher housing costs, relatively expensive arrangements are less common. These patterns appear in broad brush for blacks and whites and males and females; however, I also observe important racial differences. My results suggest that the interaction of structural context with consumption aspirations is an important influence on domestic life in the transition to adulthood.
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U2 - 10.1353/sof.2003.0059
DO - 10.1353/sof.2003.0059
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:27844480182
SN - 0037-7732
VL - 81
SP - 1399
EP - 1429
JO - Social Forces
JF - Social Forces
IS - 4
ER -