Projects
Young adulthood: aspirations and realities for living and learning in the 21st Century
Project contributors: Berrington A, Roberts S, Tammes P,
This Project is part of the following research programme/s:
Overview
This research assessed how young adults' transitions to independent living and housing pathways have responded to recent social change: including the expansion of higher education, economic recession, and the increased unaffordability of housing. We examined how young adults' parental backgrounds and profiles of education and employment related to their ambitions and successes in achieving residential independence in the UK. We also considered how these relationships were modified by gender and ethnicity. We delivered policy and practitioner relevant research through the exploitation of the United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Survey (UKHLS) and other surveys. This approach provided a timely opportunity to re-conceptualise young people's housing pathways after a period of considerable political, economic and social change. Understanding trends in young adults' living arrangements is required for marital status and household projections. Furthermore, welfare policies differentially affect housing careers by gender and parenthood status. This project explored the potential impact of recent welfare reforms, such as the extension in the age range affected by the limit to housing benefit, resulting from the shared accommodation rate for men and women.
Publications & Activities
Expectations for family transitions in young adulthood among the UK second generation
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (2018). 46 (5) 913-935
Authors: Berrington A,
UK second generation young adults' expectations for living together, marriage and parenthood
University of Southampton, CPC (2018). Series Number: 44.
Authors: Berrington A,
Diverging Expectations for Family Transitions in Young Adulthood Among UK Second Generation
PAA Annual Conference (2018). (Sheraton Denver Downtown)
Authors: Berrington A,
Ethnic differences in aspirations and realities in the transition to adulthood.
Understanding Society 2017 (2017). (University of Essex)
Authors: Berrington A,
Understanding Gender, Class and Ethnic Differences in Educational Aspirations among UK Teenagers
Secondary Data Analysis Initiative (SDAI) Showcase Event (2016). (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, London)
Authors: Berrington A, Roberts S, Tammes P,
Educational aspirations among UK young teenagers: exploring the role of gender, class and ethnicity.
British Educational Research Journal (2016). 42 (5) 729-755
Authors: Berrington A, Roberts S, Tammes P,
Economic precariousness and young adults' housing transitions in the UK.
Deconstructing Generation Rent: Young People's Housing Options and Future Welfare (2015). (ICOSS Building, University of Sheffield)
Authors: Berrington A,
Young Adults, Economic Precariousness and Housing
Llakes Conference: The crisis for contemporary youth-opportunities and civic values in comparative, longitudinal and inter-generational perspective (2015). (School of Oriental and African Studies, London )
Authors: Berrington A,
Young Adults, Economic Precariousness and Housing
Workshop on UK Population Change and Housing across the Lifecourse (2015). (University of St Andrews)
Authors: Berrington A,
Educational Aspirations among UK Young Teenagers: Exploring the role of gender, class and ethnicity
A one-day symposium on: Ethnicity and educational inequality: The role of aspirations (2015). (University of Bristol)
Authors: Berrington A,
Economic precariousness and young people's housing transitions
Young adults: Living and Learning in Recessional Times (2014). (BSA Meeting Room, London)
Authors: Berrington A,
Aspirations and Realities for Living and Learning in the UK
Young adults: Living and Learning in Recessional Times (2014). (BSA Meeting Room, London)
Authors: Berrington A,
Educational aspirations among UK young teenagers: exploring the role of gender, class and ethnicity
CPC (2014). Series Number: 21.
Authors: Roberts S, Berrington A, Tammes P,
Economic insecurity and the transition to parenthood in the UK
British Society for Population Studies Conference 2014 (2014). (Winchester)
Authors: Berrington A, Stone J,
Economic precariousness and living in the parental home in the UK
CPC (2014). Series Number: 23.
Authors: Berrington A, Tammes P, Roberts S,
Berrington A, Tammes P, Roberts S, Falkingham J, (2014) Chapter 1 - Mechanics behind the boomerang generation in Insights: 2014 Findings from the largest longitudinal study of UK households,
Understanding Society, 18-19.
Berrington A, Stone J, (2014) Chapter 11 - Young adults' transitions to residential independence in Britain: the role of social and housing policy in Young People and Social Policy in Europe - Dealing with Risk, Inequality and Precarity in Times of Crisis
Palgrave Macmillan
Antonucci L, Hamilton M, Roberts S, (2014) Young People and Social Policy in Europe - Dealing with Risk, Inequality and Precarity in Times of Crisis
Palgrave Macmillan
Measuring economic precarity among UK youth during the Great Recession
CPC (2014). Series Number: 22.
Authors: Berrington A, Tammes P, Roberts S,
Economic precariousness and leaving the parental home
European Population Conference 2014 (2014). (Budapest, Hungary)
Authors: Tammes P, Roberts S, Berrington A,
Young adulthood: Aspirations and realities for living and learning in the 21st Century
Making the 'Precariat': Unemployment, Insecurity and Work-Poor Young adults in Harsh Economic Conditions Conference (2014). (University of Leicester)
Authors: Berrington A, Roberts S, Tammes P,
Young adults' living arrangements: The impact of economic uncertainty on leaving and returning home in the UK
Seminar on the effects of the crisis on young people (2014). (Brussels)
Authors: Berrington A,
Economic precariousness and living in the parental home in the UK
CPC (2014). Series Number: 55.
Authors: Berrington A, Tammes P, Roberts S,
Ethnic Differences in Pathways Out of the Parental Home: Second Generation Migrants in the U.K.
Population Association of America 2014 Annual Meeting (2014). (Boston, MA)
Authors: Berrington A, Tammes P, Roberts S,
The Gendered Impact of Welfare Policies on Young Adults' Housing Transitions Following Partnership Dissolution in the UK
Social Policy Association Annual Conference 2013 (2013). (University of Sheffield)
Authors: Berrington A,
Keynote Speaker: Changing dynamics of young adults' household transitions: what can we learn from BHPS and Understanding Society?
Understanding Society Research Conference (2013). (University of Essex)
Authors: Berrington A,
Young Adulthood: Aspirations and realities for living and learning in the 21st Century
ESRC Secondary Data Analysis Initiative Two Day Networking Event (2013). (British Library, London)
Authors: Berrington A, Roberts S, Tammes P,
Pathways out of the parental home among young second-generation migrants in the UK
BSPS 2013 (2013). (University of Swansea)
Authors: Berrington A, Tammes P,
Economic precariousness and living arrangements among young adults in the UK
BSPS 2013 (2013). (University of Swansea)
Authors: Tammes P, Roberts S, Berrington A,
Transitions to residential independence among young second generation migrants in the UK: The role of ethnic identity
IUSSP 2013 (2013). (Busan, Korea)
Authors: Berrington A,
The Role of Global Recession in Increasing Inequalities in Young Adults' Ability to Maintain Residential Independence
ESA 2013 (2013). (Turin, Italy)
Authors: Berrington A, Tammes P, Roberts S,
Outlining a future research agenda for studies of young adults' transitions to residential independence
CPC (2013). Series Number: 38.
Authors: Berrington A, Stone J,
Changing living arrangements and household formation, a review
Estimating future household formation; a BSPS day meeting (2013). (LSE, London)
Authors: Berrington A,
Gender, turning points and boomerangs: longitudinal analyses of returning home in Britain
Invited seminar presentation (2012). (Centre for Research in Statistical Methodology, University of Warwick)
Authors: Berrington A,
The changing socio-economic and policy context for young adults' housing Transitions
Young adults' housing and independent living: New insights (2012). (Local Government House, London)
Authors: Berrington A,
Young adult's living arrangements and housing careers in the UK
Conference on the New Demographics and the Housing System (2011). (Centre for Housing Research, University of St. Andrews)
Authors: Berrington A,
Changes in non-family living among young adults in the UK
ISER Monday Seminar Series (2010). (University of Essex)
Authors: Berrington A,
Media
Insights 2020-21 - Educational aspirations among UK young teenagers: exploring the role of gender, class and ethnicity Insights. 2021
Citation of research by Professor Ann Berrington, Steven Roberts, Peter Tammes, Educational aspirations among UK Young Teenagers: Exploring the role of gender, class and ethnicity, British Educational Research Journal, 2016
Insights 2020-21 - Ethnic differences in starting a family Insights Understanding Society. 2021
Citation of research by Professor Ann Berrington in the Understanding Society Insights, Expectations for family transitions in young adulthood among the UK second generation, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2018
