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  1. Department of Economics, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

    Eva Österbacka

  2. Research Department, The Social Insurance Institution of Finland, Helsinki, Finland

    Eva Österbacka

  3. Department of Family and Consumer Studies, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

    Cathleen Zick

  4. Institute of Public and International Affairs, University of Utah, Salt Lake City , USA

    Cathleen Zick

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Österbacka, E., Zick, C. Transition to Adulthood in Finland and the United States. Soc Indic Res 93, 131–135 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-008-9416-3

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