Keegan, Fiona (2023) The Role a Feathered Nest Plays in the Likelihood of a Young Adult Returning to the Parental Home in the Netherlands: An Explanatory Analysis using Dutch Register Data. Master thesis.
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Abstract
Recently, the transition into adulthood has become a more complex and less standardised event. Nevertheless, leaving the parental home is still widely regarded as the most significant marker of the transition to adulthood. Despite this, as the life course has become more fluid, a trend in which young adults return to the parental home after a period of independent living also known as boomeranging has emerged. The literature puts forward three main reasons for returning; education completion, unemployment and partnership dissolution. Although, less is known about the influence of parental characteristics on the likelihood of returning. For instance, the role the financial and housing situation of the parents alongside the social relationship between the parents and child plays in the return process, also known as the ‘Feathered Nest Hypothesis.’ Using Dutch register data provided by Statistics Netherlands, this study aimed to assess what role a feathered nest plays in the return process. This research observed individuals aged 17-35 throughout the period 2012-2020 and employed a number of variables which provided information on parents and the parental home alongside information on the young adult. Through implementing an event history analysis, this study found an association between a feathered nest and the likelihood of a young adult returning to the parental home. A high parental income, an owner-occupied parental home as opposed to socially rented and a parental home containing both parents were observed to increase the likelihood of a return to the parental home.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Population Studies |
| Supervisor: | Mulder, C.H. |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Sep 2023 14:26 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Sep 2023 14:26 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4385 |
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