New publication in Comparative Population Studies
Francesco Rampazzo, Lecturer in Social Statistics and Demography at 黑料入口, together with Katrin Schwanitz, Valeria Ferraretto, and Agnese Vitali, has published a new study in Comparative Population Studies (2025).
Examining how young people across Europe imagine and plan their path to adulthood, the article, 鈥�,鈥� draws on data from the Generations and Gender Survey and the European Social Survey to explore young adults鈥� ideal ages, intentions, and actual behaviours across 33 European countries.
The study provides a comparative picture of when young people expect to leave home, form partnerships, marry, and become parents; and how these expectations align, or fail to align, with reality.
Findings show that while young Europeans tend to view their twenties as the ideal period for key life transitions, they often experience these events later than intended. The mismatch between ideals and outcomes highlights persistent gender and regional differences, suggesting that cultural norms and structural barriers continue to shape the pathways to adulthood across Europe.