After initially presenting the phenomenon of the prolonged co-residence of parents and young adult children in Slovenia, two subsamples of 19- to 29-year-olds who are no longer at school are compared those still living in the household of their parents or carers and those who have already moved out. The potential factors affecting the timing of leaving the parental home are checked: demographic, social and economic; factors associated with the status transitions from youth to adulthood and family-relationships factors. Both sub-samples are derived from a representative survey on a sample of 15- to 29-year-old Slovenians called Youth 2010. The analysis highlights the very close relationship between the timing of ones departure from the home of origin with the decision to create a family, noting that economic independence also significantly influences this status passage.
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