ABSTRACT

At some time during the young adult years, most people progress from being single and living with their parents to living with a partner-and perhaps having children. However, this transition is made in many different ways. Some young people get married, leave the parental home and move in with their husband or wife in such a short space of time that these events may be viewed as essentially contemporaneous. Others move out of the parental home to live with a partner, but do not get married until later, if at all. It is less common for young adults to live with their parents or in-laws as well as a spouse or partner, but it is by no means unknown. And, of course, many young people leave home to live alone or with friends, and do not move in with a spouse or partner until laterpossibly much later, or never.