On the Frontier of Adulthood

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About the Editors and Contributors
MacArthur Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood and Public Policy
Acknowledgments
PART ONE: ON THE FRONTIER OF ADULTHOOD: AN INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1
On the Frontier of Adulthood: Emerging Themes and New Directions
FRANK F. FURSTENBERG JR., RUBÉN G. RUMBAUT, AND RICHARD A. SETTERSTEN JR.
PART TWO: COMPARISONS OVER TIME AND PLACE: CROSS-SECTIONAL AND CROSS-NATIONAL STUDIES
Chapter 2
The Transition to Adulthood during the Twentieth Century: Race, Nativity, and Gender
ELIZABETH FUSSELL AND FRANK F. FURSTENBERG JR.
Chapter 3
American Women's Transition to Adulthood in Comparative Perspective
ELIZABETH FUSSELL AND ANNE H. GAUTHIER
Chapter 4
Historical Roots of Family Diversity: Marital and Childbearing Trajectories of American Women
LAWRENCE L. WU AND JUI-CHUNG ALLEN LI
Chapter 5
Historical Trends in the Patterns of Time Use among Young Adults in Developed Countries
ANNE H. GAUTHIER AND FRANK F. FURSTENBERG JR.
Chapter 6
Generation Gaps in Attitudes and Values from the 1970s to the 1990s
TOM W. SMITH
PART THREE: PASSAGES TO ADULTHOOD: FINDINGS FROM NATIONAL AND REGIONAL LONGITUDINAL STUDIES
Chapter 7
Subjective Age Identity and the Transition to Adulthood: When Do Adolescents Become Adults?
MICHAEL J. SHANAHAN, ERIK J. PORFELI, JEYLAN T. MORTIMER, AND LANCE D. ERICKSON
Chapter 8
Sequences of Early Adult Transitions: A Look at Variability and Consequences
TED MOUW
Chapter 9
Off to a Good Start? Postsecondary Education and Early Adult Life
GARY D. SANDEFUR, JENNIFER EGGERLING-BOECK, AND HYUNJOON PARK
Chapter 10
Six Paths to Adulthood: Fast Starters, Parents without Careers, Educated Partners, Educated Singles, Working Singles, and Slow Starters
D. WAYNE OSGOOD, GRETCHEN RUTH, JACQUELYNNE S. ECCLES, JANIS E. JACOBS, AND BONNIE L. BARBER
Chapter 11
Is It Getting Harder to Get Ahead? Economic Attainment in Early Adulthood for Two Cohorts
MARY CORCORAN AND JORDAN MATSUDAIRA
Chapter 12
Material Assistance from Families during the Transition to Adulthood
ROBERT F. SCHOENI AND KAREN E. ROSS
Chapter 13
Early Adult Transitions and Their Relation to Well-Being and Substance Use
JOHN SCHULENBERG, PATRICK M. O'MALLEY, JERALD G. BACHMAN, AND LLOYD D. JOHNSTON
Chapter 14
The Ever-Winding Path: Ethnic and Racial Diversity in the Transition to Adulthood
JOHN MOLLENKOPF, MARY WATERS, JENNIFER HOLDAWAY, AND PHILIP KASINITZ
PART FOUR
POLICY AND PRACTICE FOR LIVES IN TRANSITION
Chapter 15
The Transition to Adulthood for Youth Leaving Public Systems: Challenges to Policies and Research
E. MICHAEL FOSTER AND ELIZABETH J. GIFFORD
Chapter 16
Social Policy and the Transition to Adulthood: Toward Stronger Institutions and Individual Capacities
RICHARD A. SETTERSTEN JR.
Index