Lewis, Jane, West, Anne 
ORCID: 0000-0003-2932-7667, Roberts, Jonathan ORCID: 0000-0003-4827-867X and Noden, Philip
(2016)
The experience of co-residence: young adults returning to the parental home after graduation in England.
Families, Relationships and Societies: An International Journal of Research and Debate, 5 (2).
pp. 247-262.
ISSN 2046-7435
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Abstract
Finishing full-time higher education is one of the main reasons for returning home to live. Graduates who return to co-residence with their parents experience a delay in achieving full adult independence, which may pose problems for them and for their parents. In this article we use face-to-face interview data to explore the feelings and perceptions of 27 co-resident graduate 'returners' and one of their parents. We classify parent–returner dyads into groups according to whether the members of each dyad are positive, negative or ambivalent about co-residence and identify the salient issues for each group. We find that more parents are negative about co-residence than adult children and that almost half the sample is ambivalent. We also discuss the factors accounting for differences between groups of dyads and between parents and adult children.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.policypress.co.uk/journals_frs.asp? |
| Additional Information: | © 2016 Policy Press |
| Divisions: | Social Policy |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Apr 2015 14:48 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Oct 2025 23:45 |
| Projects: | RPG-336 |
| Funders: | Leverhulme Trust |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/61650 |
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