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In this paper we explore the links between ethnicity and religiosity and the transition to adulthood by examining variation in expectations to live independently from parents before marriage. We focus both on the structure of social networks and on the values transmitted within them to discover how they are linked to family life. Our findings show that variation in premarital residential independence is linked in part to the use of a foreign language and foreignness. Residential concentration and ecological and religious institutional contexts are important factors as are the values associated with religious denomination and religiosity. These findings suggest the continuing importance of ethnicity and religiosity as critical elements shaping family norms.
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Goldscheider, C., Goldscheider, F.K. Ethnicity, religiosity and leaving home: The structural and cultural bases of traditional family values. Sociol Forum 3, 525–547 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01115413
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