ABSTRACT

Based on qualitative research carried out with young people aged from 18 to 30 in five European countries, Young Europeans, Work and Family examines young people's pathways to adulthood, and their perspectives on their future work and family lives.

This enlightening book investigates young people from a range of social classes and at various phases in their life: in training, in higher education, in insecure work and in steady jobs, including high- and low-status employment. The study was carried out by a cross-disciplinary team of researchers from Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and the UK, countries that represent a variety of economic profiles and welfare state regimes.

chapter 1|10 pages

Introduction

chapter 8|22 pages

Into parenthood

Young people’s sense of entitlement to support for the reconciliation of employment and family life

chapter 9|23 pages

‘Most choices involve money’

Different pathways to adulthood