Social Change and the Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood: A Study of Three Generations of Australians

1982 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Ann O'loughlin ◽  
Kenneth E. Sinclair
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Three Generations ◽  
Australian Family ◽  
Younger Age

The study focuses attention on the different patterns of transition to adulthood experienced by the members of a hypothetical three-generation Australian family consisting of grandparents, parents and their adolescent children. For each of these three generations data from the Bureau of Census and Statistics were examined to determine the age at which they left school and entered a job, married, and began a family. The data indicate that when the transition to adulthood is measured in terms of these variables the process of growing up was accomplished by the most recent adolescent generation in a shorter space of time, at a younger age, and by a greater proportion of the cohort than for either the parent or grandparent generations.

scholarly journals The Effect of Farming Environment on Asthma; Time Dependent or Universal?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Kjær Madsen ◽  
Vivi Schlünssen ◽  
Cecilie Svanes ◽  
Ane Johannessen ◽  
Niels Oskar Jõgi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Subgroup Analysis ◽  
Lower Risk ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Birth Cohorts ◽  
Three Generations ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Reduced Risk

Abstract Background: The increasing prevalence of asthma is linked to westernization and urbanization. Farm environments have been associated with a lower risk of asthma development. However, this may not be universal, as the association differs across birth cohorts and farming methods. The aim of this study was to investigate the associations of farm upbringing with asthma in different generations and at different times in history. Methods: The study population consisted of three generations: 13,868 subjects participating in the ECRHS in 2010, their 9,638 parents, and their 8,885 offspring participating in RHINESSA in 2013. Information on place of upbringing and self-reported ever asthma was provided via questionnaires. Logistic regression was performed including subgroup analysis stratified by generation and birthyear into ten-year-intervals. Results: The prevalence of asthma increased from 8% among grandparents to 13% among parents and to 18% among offspring. An overall analysis showed an inverse association of farm upbringing on the risk of asthma (OR=0.64; 95%CI 0.55-0.74). Subgroup analysis stratified into ten-year-intervals showed a tendency towards a more pronounced inverse association between growing up on a farm and asthma among subjects born in the 1940s (0.74; 0.48-1.12), 1950s (0.70; 0.54-0.90) and 1960s (0.70; 0.52-0.93). For subjects born in 1970 and thereafter this association appeared less consistent.Conclusion: While growing up on a farm was associated with a reduced risk of developing asthma in participants born between 1945-1999, this was mainly driven by generations born from 1945 to 1973.

Growing Up, Moving On? University and the Transition to Adulthood

2020 ◽  
pp. 119-146
Author(s):  
Jennie Bristow ◽  
Sarah Cant ◽  
Anwesa Chatterjee
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Prospective Students ◽  
Pastoral Support ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter expands on the discussion of generational encounters with Higher Education, by indicating some ways in which current and prospective students articulate their expectations, hopes, aspirations and experiences of ‘going to University’. It discusses the implications for the relationship between academics and students in a context where transition to adulthood is delayed. As Universities have become more explicitly situated as institutions geared towards socialisation and the inculcation of a distinct set of values and attributes, relations between academics and students have become increasingly formalised. The concern that students’ need for pastoral support and concessions is both provided and regulated has added layers of bureaucratic restriction and accountability to interactions between staff and students. The chapter explores the ways in which these processes impinge on the interaction between academics and students, interposing a distance between the generations.

scholarly journals Changes in Patterns of Social Role Combinations at Ages 25–26 among Those Growing Up in England between 1996 and 2015–16: Evidence from the 1970 British Cohort and Next Steps Studies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thierry Gagné ◽  
Amanda Sacker ◽  
Ingrid Schoon
Keyword(s):  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Home Ownership ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Traditional Family ◽  
British Cohort Study ◽  
Using Data

AbstractChanges across education, employment, and family life over the past 20 years challenges the capacity of previously established social role combinations to continue representing the experiences of young men and women born since the late 1980s. Latent class analysis was used to derive patterns of role combinations at ages 25–26 in those growing up in England, using data from 3191 men and 3921 women in the 1970 British Cohort Study (1996) and 3426 men and 4281 women in the Next Steps study born in 1989–90 (2015–16). Role combinations in 1996 were well defined by five patterns across genders: educated, work-oriented, traditional family, fragile family, and slow starters. Patterns in 2015–16 diverged across genders (e.g., disappearance of home ownership in the traditional family group among men and higher education as a group identifier among women) and included across genders fewer work-oriented, more slow starters, and a new group of “left behind” who are excluded from work and relationships. Young men and women born around 1990 experienced diverging role combinations characterized by increased delays and inequalities, with fewer being able to attain the milestones traditionally associated with the transition to adulthood by the mid-20s.

Resilience in the transition to adulthood

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 493-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith B. Burt ◽  
Amy A. Paysnick
Keyword(s):  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Developmental Time ◽  
At Risk Youth ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Promotive Factors ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
History Of ◽  
Competing Models ◽  
Future Work

AbstractThe emerging adulthood years, commonly defined as the late teens and twenties, represent a period of significant variability and change for much of the population. Thus, it is important for the field to consider pathways of at-risk youth as they move through this key window of development. We review research on positive outcomes in the transition to adulthood following a history of experienced adversity, including both investigations focused on resilience in diverse specific populations as well as broader longitudinal studies. There is compelling evidence for major protective and promotive factors identified in younger age periods continuing to exert an influence at this stage of development, along with evidence for new factors unique to this developmental time and/or to specific populations. We conclude by noting recommendations for future work in this area, emphasizing Garmezy's call for the testing of competing models.

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