207Conjugality trajectories than men, who are more prone to follow Leaving
parental home trajectories. Age does not play a significant role in four of
the nine types of trajectories, namely Solo, Conjugality, Alternatives, and
Transition to lone parenthood, the majority of which are associated with
childlessness. Lower-educated individuals are less likely to follow a
Transition to parenthood trajectory during the last 20 years, probably
because they enter the labour market at an early age and hence leave the
parental home accordingly. On the other hand, they follow Nesting one
parent trajectories more frequently, probably for economic and/or inter-
generational solidarity reasons.
In Portugal, women are also more likely to follow the Transition to lone
parenthood trajectory, but as in Switzerland and Lithuania, they are less
likely to be found in the Leaving parental home type than men. The age of
individuals is significantly associated with six of the nine types of trajec-
tories. The likelihood of belonging to the Solo, Conjugality, and Transition
to lone parenthood types is independent of the age of individuals but
characterized either by childlessness or by the onset of a non-normative
event such as divorce or widowhood. Level of education plays a role in
predicting five of the nine types of co-residence trajectories. Higher-
educated individuals are less likely to follow Transition to parenthood and
Parenthood trajectories. The greater length of the education period associ-
ated with a delayed and uncertain entry to the labour market due to
lower employment and higher (long-term) unemployment rates (Quintini
et al. 2007 ) make those trajectories less likely for the population under
study. In Portugal, higher-educated individuals are also more likely to
follow Solo and Leaving parental home trajectories, while the latter and
the Conjugal types are less likely for those with lower levels of education.
The opposite is true regarding Parenthood trajectories, which are more
frequent in lower-educated individuals and less so for those with higher
degrees.
In Lithuania, as observed in the two other countries, women are
more engaged in Transition to lone parenthood trajectories and less likely
to be found in the Nesting one parent type. As in Portugal, they are more
likely to follow Leaving parental home trajectories. Age is not associated
with co-residence trajectories, except for the types Transition to parent-
hood and Parenthood. Unlike in Portugal, but similar to Switzerland, in
Linking Family Trajectories and Personal Networks