Building: Main Venue Building
Room: room 9
Date: 2017-02-09 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Last modified: 2017-01-23
Abstract
The focus of this research is to explore the decision-making process to “leave the nest”. The aim of
this research is to add a quantitative understanding of how the intention to leave the parental home
contributes to the realization of this phenomenon. Ajzen’s "Theory of Planned Behaviour" is used
as theoretical background for this study. The focus is on Italy, using the Italian Gender and
Generations Survey (GGS) collected in 2003 and 2007, as the primary data source. A comparison
with France, Germany and Poland is made for describing the panorama of intentions. The results
from an Exponential Regression model and a Competing Risk model show that those young adults
who express an intention to have a child in the near future are at highest risk of leaving the parental
home. In addition to this, the risk of leaving the parental home to live alone is higher for students
who plan to attend higher education.