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Parental support and living arrangements among young adults in Taiwan

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The delay of home leaving and increasing parental support for young adults are issues of increasing concern. However, little is known about the family support for young adults’ housing in non-Western societies. By using age cohort data, this paper examines housing arrangements among young adults in Taiwan as a case study to elucidate how parental resources are related. Unlike the leaving home phenomenon discovered in Western societies, young adults are more likely to stay in their parental homes in Taiwan. Age and gender are less related to home leaving, and young adults’ economic capability is positively related to leaving the family nest. Parental resources, however, are negatively related to home leaving. Furthermore, the multinational analysis indicates that among the various forms of living, parental resources are prevalent in supporting young adults in gaining access to better housing consequences.

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The authors thank the anonymous reviewers and the editor for their thoughtful and supportive comments.

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Funding was provided by Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (Grant No. 103-2410-H-259 -062).

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  1. Department of Sociology, National Dong Hwa University, No. 1, Sec. 2, Da Hsueh Rd. Shoufeng, Hualien, 97401, Taiwan

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  2. Department of Economics, National Dong Hwa University, No. 1, Sec. 2, Da Hsueh Rd. Shoufeng, Hualien, 97401, Taiwan

    Chia-Yu Hung

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Li, W.D., Hung, CY. Parental support and living arrangements among young adults in Taiwan. J Hous and the Built Environ 34, 219–233 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10901-018-9620-7

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