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Young, Free and Single?

Twenty-Somethings and Household Change

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton, UK

    Sue Heath

  • National Foundation for Educational Research, UK

    Elizabeth Cleaver

About the authors

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.

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

  • Topics: Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

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