On the Frontier of Adulthood: Theory, Research, and Public Policy

Table of contents

• On the Frontier of Adulthood i
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• About the Editors and Contributors ix
• Macarthur Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood and Public Policy xiii
• Acknowledgments xv
• Part One: On the Frontier of Adulthood - An Introduction 1
• Chapter 1: On the Frontier of Adulthood - Emerging Themes and New Directions 3
• Part Two: Comparisons over Time and Place - Cross-Sectional and Cross-National Studies 27
• Chapter 2: The Transition to Adulthood during the Twentieth Century - Race, Nativity, and Gender 29
• Chapter 3: American Women's Transition to Adulthood in Comparative Perspective 76
• Chapter 4: Historical Roots of Family Diversity - Marital and Childbearing Trajectories of American Women 110
• Chapter 5: Historical Trends in Patterns of Time Use among Young Adults in Developed Countries 150
• Chapter 6: Generation Gaps in Attitudes and Values from the 1970s to the 1990s 177
• Part Three: Passages to Adulthood - Findings from National and Regional Longitudinal Studies 223
• Chapter 7: Subjective Age Identity and the Transition to Adulthood - When Do Adolescents Become Adults? 225
• Chapter 8: Sequences of Early Adult Transitions - A Look at Variability and Consequences 256
• Chapter 9: Off to a Good Start? - Postsecondary Education and Early Adult Life 292
• Chapter 10: Six Paths to Adulthood - Fast Starters, Parents Without Careers, Educated Partners, Educated Singles, Working Singles, and Slow Starters 320
• Chapter 11: Is It Getting Harder to Get Ahead? - Economic Attainment in Early Adulthood for Two Cohorts 356
• Chapter 12: Material Assistance from Families during the Transition to Adulthood 396
• Chapter 13: Early Adult Transitions and Their Relation to Well-Being and Substance Use 417
• Chapter 14: The Ever-Winding Path - Ethnic and Racial Diversity in the Transition to Adulthood 454
• Part Four: Policy and Practice for Lives in Transition 499
• Chapter 15: The Transition to Adulthood for Youth Leaving Public Systems - Challenges to Policies and Research 501
• Chapter 16: Social Policy and the Transition to Adulthood - Toward Stronger Institutions and Individual Capacities 534
• Index 561

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