Diversity and the transition to adulthood in America
Defining and giving context to the transition to adulthood -- Understanding the new face of America : racial and ethnic diversity and immigration -- Getting ahead, falling behind : education and employment -- Settling in, settling down : household and family formation -- Connecting milestones : prof...
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Oakland, California
University of California Press
2022
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| Schriftenreihe: | Sociology in the twenty-first century
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Defining and giving context to the transition to adulthood -- Understanding the new face of America : racial and ethnic diversity and immigration -- Getting ahead, falling behind : education and employment -- Settling in, settling down : household and family formation -- Connecting milestones : profiles of adulthood -- Exploring a mosaic of experiences : ethnicity, immigrant status, and sexual orientation -- Envisioning the transition to adulthood today and in the future "What does it mean to become an adult in the face of economic uncertainty and increasing racial and immigrant diversity? More than half of U.S. children are racial minorities and one in four are from immigrant families. Diversity and the Transition to Adulthood in America offers a comprehensive overview of young people across racial and immigrant groups and their paths through traditional markers of adulthood from finishing education, working full-time, and establishing residential independence to getting married and having children. The authors find that the transition to adulthood is increasingly fragmented, especially among those without college degrees"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | xii, 241 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780520302662 978-0-520-30266-2 9780520302655 978-0-520-30265-5 |