Rugg, J., Ford, J. and Burrows, R. (2004) Housing advantage? The role of student renting in the constitution of housing biographies in the United Kingdom. Journal of Youth Studies, 7 (1). pp. 19-34. ISSN 1367-6261
Abstract
Research on young people leaving the parental home has tended to focus most closely on charting and explaining the age at which young people leave, and exploring the incidence of returning after a period of living either 'semi-autonomously' or independently. The majority of these studies have been quantitative and fairly static in approach. This paper develops an approach to the topic that is more qualitative in its orientation and that views housing biographies as essentially dynamic. Using primary data from the United Kingdom, the paper constructs five 'ideal' typical housing pathways followed by young people: a chaotic pathway, and unplanned pathway, a constrained pathway, a planned (non-student) pathway, and a student pathway. The paper then gives particular consideration to the characteristics of the student pathway, and compares the experience of students studying away from the parental home with the long-term housing biographies of their non-student peers. The paper concludes that the typical student housing experience—including a supervised leaving of the parental home and a 'sheltered' spell in the private rented sector—constitutes an essential education in housing that enhances the housing and labour opportunities of graduates compared with other young people who have not studied away from the parental home.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Social Policy and Social Work (York) |
Depositing User: | York RAE Import |
Date Deposited: | 27 Mar 2009 15:52 |
Last Modified: | 27 Mar 2009 15:52 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1367626042000209930 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/1367626042000209930 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:6961 |