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<p>We analyze the first cohabitation with a partner as one of the key events in the transition to adulthood and consider its interdependencies with other life events, using life course data from the survey AID:A 2019 of the German Youth Institute (DJI). A remarkable finding is that for men, cohabitation with a partner usually occurs after an individual’s entry into permanent employment.</p>
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We analyze the first cohabitation with a partner as one of the key events in the transition to adulthood and consider its interdependencies with other life events, using life course data from the survey AID:A 2019 of the German Youth Institute (DJI). A remarkable finding is that for men, cohabitation with a partner usually occurs after an individual’s entry into permanent employment.

Safety First? On the Timing of Moving in With a Partner and Its Determinants

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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We analyze the first cohabitation with a partner as one of the key events in the transition to adulthood and consider its interdependencies with other life...

Safety First? On the Timing of Moving in With a Partner and Its Determinants

Published Online: Aug 18, 2023

Page range: 395 - 416

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0020

Keywords
Cohabitation, permanent employment, school-to-work-transitions, trajectories, event history analysis

© 2023 Julia Zimmermann et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Safety First? On the Timing of Moving in With a Partner and Its Determinants

Published Online: Aug 18, 2023

Page range: 395 - 416

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0020

KeywordsCohabitation, permanent employment, school-to-work-transitions, trajectories, event history analysis

© 2023 Julia Zimmermann et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Cohabitation, permanent employment, school-to-work-transitions, trajectories, event history analysis