TY  - JOUR
A1  - Jung, Jana
T1  - Does youth matter?
BT  - long-term effects of youth characteristics on the diversity of partnership trajectories
JF  - Longitudinal and life course studies : LLCS ; international journal / Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies
N2  - Previous research has mainly concentrated on the study of certain transitions and the influence of economic and socio-structural factors on partnership status. From a life course perspective, it remains unclear how factors anchored in youth are related to the diversity of partnership biographies. Arguing that individuals act and behave based on prior experiences and resources, I analyse how personal and social resources as well as socio-demographic characteristics influence the turbulence of longitudinal partnership trajectories.

Using a longitudinal dataset from the German LifE Study, I examine partnership histories from the ages 16 to 45. The results suggest that in addition to the influence of an individual's socio-demographic placement (for example, religious commitment and regional living conditions), personal and social resources anchored in youth also have a long-term effect on the diversity of partnership trajectories. This article shows that women are influenced by their attitudes towards marriage and family, while men are influenced by their attitudes towards their careers.
KW  - partnership trajectories
KW  - youth characteristics
KW  - life course
KW  - sequence
KW  - analysis
KW  - regression tree
Y1  - 2021
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1332/175795920X15980339169308
SN  - 1757-9597
VL  - 12
IS  - 2
SP  - 201
EP  - 225
PB  - Longview
CY  - London
ER  -