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In the context of the ongoing destandardization of young people's lives, this book explores changing patterns of household formation amongst contemporary 20-somethings and the implications of these changes for the ways in which they relate to friends, parents and partners. The book points to the growing polarization between the experiences of graduates and non-graduates, and highlights changing expectations and attitudes towards intimacy and 'settling down' amongst these groups.
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SUE HEATH is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Southampton, and Co-Convenor of the British Sociological Association's Youth Study Group. Previous publications include Sociological Research Methods in Context (with Fiona Devine) and Times in the Making (editor with Graham Crow).
ELIZABETH CLEAVER is a Senior Research Officer at the National Foundation for Educational Research and is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Southampton.
ELIZABETH CLEAVER is a Senior Research Officer at the National Foundation for Educational Research and is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Southampton.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Young, Free and Single?
Book Subtitle: Twenty-Somethings and Household Change
Authors: Sue Heath, Elizabeth Cleaver
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230502871
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-0124-8Published: 16 December 2003
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-50287-1Published: 16 December 2003
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 225