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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 1 Description of young adults living with parents

From: The time benefits of young adult home stayers in France and Italy: a new perspective on the transition to adulthood?

 

Men

 

Women

 

Italy

 

France

 

Italy

 

France

 

Young adult characteristics

Mean

Std.

Mean

Std.

Mean

Std.

Mean

Std.

 Age

24.64

4.56

21.97

3.72

23.75

4.24

21.22

3.18

Education

 High

0.08

0.28

0.16

0.37

0.10

0.3

0.20

0.40

 Medium

0.49

0.50

0.28

0.45

0.61

0.49

0.33

0.47

 Low

0.42

0.49

0.56

0.50

0.29

0.45

0.48

0.50

Professional situation

 Student

0.25

0.43

0.51

0.50

0.37

0.48

0.61

0.49

 Unemployment OLF

0.17

0.37

0.14

0.35

0.22

0.41

0.14

0.34

 Employed

0.58

0.49

0.35

0.48

0.41

0.49

0.25

0.43

Household characteristics

 Number of child(ren) <18

0.27

0.55

0.61

0.94

0.28

0.56

0.67

0.97

 Number of young adults

1.90

0.79

1.58

0.79

1.96

0.81

1.71

0.88

 Only sisters

0.62

0.49

0.61

0.49

    

 Only brothers

    

0.58

0.49

0.51

0.50

 Mother’s work = yes

0.36

0.48

0.77

0.42

0.38

0.48

0.79

0.41

 Mother’s education

        

 High

0.06

0.23

0.14

0.35

0.06

0.24

0.16

0.37

 Medium

0.18

0.39

0.10

0.30

0.19

0.39

0.08

0.27

 Low

0.76

0.43

0.76

0.43

0.75

0.43

0.76

0.43

 Number of rooms

4.90

1.61

4.94

1.17

4.94

1.68

4.96

1.16

 Garden

0.51

0.5

0.76

0.43

0.50

0.50

0.75

0.43

 Paid domestic help

0.04

0.19

0.07

0.25

0.03

0.18

0.06

0.23

 Sunday

0.31

0.46

0.15

0.36

0.32

0.47

0.13

0.34

 Saturday

0.32

0.47

0.15

0.35

0.33

0.47

0.16

0.37

 Week day

0.37

0.48

0.70

0.46

0.35

0.48

0.70

0.46

  N

2985

 

629

 

2566

 

532

 
  1. Source: own calculations based on time-use surveys (Italy 2002–2003, France 1998–1999)
  2. Standard errors in italics
  3. Characteristics by sex and country. (mean and standard deviation)