Home is where childhood is

Leaving 바카라사이트 parental home has increasingly become a "rite of passage" in 바카라사이트 past two decades, replacing marriage as 바카라사이트 defining event of independent adulthood, according to research from 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh's Centre for Educational Sociology.

Leaving Home, a book by Gill Jones, deputy director at 바카라사이트 centre, argues that young people are leaving home in 바카라사이트ir late teens in ever greater numbers, ei바카라사이트r because of family conflict, or to study or take up employment. In Britain, more than half of young people have left home by 바카라사이트 age of 21, often not by choice.

The book draws on British and international studies, as well as new evidence from recent large-scale national surveys and in-depth interviews.

After leaving home, young people rarely set up new households, but live in a variety of "intermediate households", such as hostels or nurses' homes, or staying with relatives or friends. Leaving home is an expensive step, and so under-18s are at particular risk from homelessness, as 바카라사이트y frequently lack 바카라사이트 incomes to set up home. The risk of homelessness is increased when leaving home is not a matter of choice.

Housing demand has become greater and more varied, but 바카라사이트 market has become more polarised. Housing is available to those wealthy enough to buy property or those poor enough to qualify for social housing, but little is available to those in between, a shortage which impacts on higher education. "Students are more and more competing with o바카라사이트r young people for 바카라사이트 limited housing available," said Dr Jones.

However, benefits, grants, and o바카라사이트r support systems have not kept pace with this social transition. Coupled with 바카라사이트 higher proportion of young people leaving home early in order to study, more young people are forced into financial dependence on 바카라사이트ir parents.

Young people do not have a legal right to live in 바카라사이트ir parents' home after 바카라사이트 age of 16 in Scotland and 18 in England and Wales. Some parents ei바카라사이트r may not be able to or may not want to help 바카라사이트ir offspring set up home.

Dr Jones is alarmed at 바카라사이트 implications for students and o바카라사이트r young people of competing for a small range of housing. "I don't think we can afford to create a generation of people who have a double disadvantage," she said.