Families and Personal Networks An International Comparative Perspective

Table 7.1

Mean time spent in each state and standard deviation, by type of co-residence trajectories

Two parents

One parent

One parent + partner

Alone

With partner

With partner and own child

With partner + her/his child

With child without partner

Friends

Other

Mean

Std

Mean

Std

Mean

Std

Mean

Std

Mean

Std

Mean

Std

Mean

Std

Mean

Std

Mean

Std

Mean

Std

Transition to parenthood

4.1

3.1

0.5

1.6

0.1

0.8

1.3

2.3

3.4

2.4

9.5

2.9

0.1

0.6

0.5

1.6

0.5

1.6

0.5

1.6

Transition to empty nest

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.2

0.4

1.3

9.1

2.6

11.2

2.6

0.0

0.2

0.2

0.9

0.0

0.4

0.1

0.5

Leaving parental home

12.4

5.1

0.6

1.7

0.0

0.3

1.7

2.9

2.5

3.4

1.4

2.3

0.5

2.7

0.1

1.0

0.6

2.5

0.6

1.8

Transition to lone parenthood

0.3

1.1

0.2

1.0

0.0

0.2

1.0

2.2

0.6

1.4

5.3

4.1

0.0

0.0

12.8

4.6

0.2

1.1

0.4

1.2

Conjugality

0.7

1.7

0.4

1.3

0.1

1.1

1.7

2.7

15.8

4.0

1.3

2.1

0.2

1.3

0.2

1.0

0.2

0.9

0.1

0.8

Alternatives

1.2

2.0

0.8

2.0

0.9

3.0

0.8

1.9

0.8

1.7

1.1

2.1

0.1

0.6

0.2

1.1

0.5

2.3

14.1

4.6

Solo

0.8

1.8

0.4

1.4

0.1

0.5

15.1

4.5

1.6

2.7

1.0

2.2

0.2

1.2

0.7

2.1

0.4

1.5

0.6

1.8

Nesting one parent

1.4

2.7

14.4

4.4

0.3

1.2

1.0

2.3

1.0

2.2

1.1

2.2

0.1

1.0

0.2

1.1

0.4

2.0

0.6

1.6

Parenthood

0.3

0.9

0.1

0.7

0.0

0.2

0.3

1.2

1.1

1.6

18.2

2.9

0.0

0.5

0.4

1.4

0.1

0.5

0.3

1.2