On the frontier of adulthood : theory, research, and public policy /
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| Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005. |
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| Description: | xvi, 591 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation series on mental health and development. Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood and Public Policy John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation series on mental health and development. Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood and Public Policy. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Local Note: | University of Chicago Library's copy 4 has original dust jacket. |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5580816 |
Table of Contents:
- About the Editors and Contributors MacArthur Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood and Public Policy
- Acknowledgments
- Part 1. On the Frontier of Adulthood: An Introduction
- Chapter 1. On the Frontier of Adulthood: Emerging Themes and New Directions Frank
- Part 2. Comparisons Over time and Place: Cross-Sectional and Cross-National Studies
- Chapter 2. The Transition to Adulthood during the Twentieth Century: Race, Nativity
- Chapter 3. American Women's Transition to Adulthood in Comparative Perspective Elizabeth Fussell and Anne H. Gauthier
- Chapter 4. Historical Roots of Family Diversity: Marital and Childbearing Trajectories of American Women
- Chapter 5. Historical Trends in the Patterns of Time Use among Young Adults in Developed Countries
- Chapter 6. Generation Gaps in Attitudes and Values from the 1970s to the 1990s
- Part 3. Passages to Adulthood: Findings from National and Regional Longitudinal Studies
- Chapter 7. Subjective Age Identity and the Transition to Adulthood: When Do Adolescents Become Adults?
- Chapter 8. Sequences of Early Adult Transitions: A Look at Variability and Consequences
- Chapter 9. Off to a Good Start? Postsecondary Education and Early Adult Life
- Chapter 10. Six Paths to Adulthood: Fast Starters, Parents without Careers, Educated Partners, Educated Singles, Working Singles, and Slow Starters
- Chapter 11. Is It Getting Harder to Get Ahead? Economic Attainment in Early Adulthood for Two Cohorts Mary Corcoran and Jordan Matsudaira
- Chapter 12. Material Assistance from Families during the Transition to Adulthood
- Chapter 13. Early Adult Transitions and Their Relation to Well-Being and Substance Use JOHN Schulenberg
- Chapter 14. The Ever-Winding Path: Ethnic and Racial Diversity in the Transition to Adulthood
- Part 4. Policy and Practice for Lives in Transition
- Chapter 15. The Transition to Adulthood for Youth Leaving Public Systems: Challenges to Policies
- Chapter 16. Social Policy and the Transition to Adulthood: Toward Stronger Institutions and Individual Capacities
- Index
