Abstract
The occurrence and timing of major demographic decisions in the transition to adulthood is strongly stratified, with young adults with a high socio-economic status (SES) background usually experiencing many of these events later than young adults with a low SES background. To explain this social stratification, we outline a theoretical framework in which social stratification affects choice in the transition to adulthood through three, potentially reinforcing, pathways: stratified socialization, stratified agency, and stratified opportunity. We test our framework against longitudinal data from two waves of the Generations and Gender Surveys for Austria, Bulgaria, and France. We find evidence for the importance of all three pathways. Furthermore, processes differ little by gender, age and country context.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 599-615 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | European Sociological Review |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 5 |
Early online date | 1 Jun 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2019 |
Funding
The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007-2013)/ERC Grant Agreement n. 324178 (Project: Contexts of Opportunity. PI: Aart C. Liefbroer).
Funders | Funder number |
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Seventh Framework Programme | FP/2007-2013, 324178 |
European Research Council |