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Leaving Home in Finland: A Comparison by Migration Origin and Neighbourhood Context




AuthorsSchwanitz, Katrin; Kilpi‐Jakonen, Elina; Seger, Aleksi

PublisherWiley

Publication year2025

Journal: Population, Space and Place

Article numbere70172

Volume32

ISSN1544-8444

eISSN1544-8452

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70172

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Web address https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70172

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/506030335


Abstract

This paper examines how immigrant origin and neighbourhood environment intersect to shape the timing and pathways of leaving the parental home in Finland, a comparatively new migration destination. Using large‐scale longitudinal Finnish register data for the 1990–1995 birth cohorts (N = 369,629), we analyse the dynamics of leaving home among majority and immigrant‐ origin young adults. Our study demonstrates, for the first time, that the socio‐spatial environment shapes leaving‐home behaviour among different immigrant‐origin groups in Finland, providing a more nuanced understanding of this emplaced process. We employ discrete‐time competing‐risks event history models to analyse three transitions out of the parental home: independence, cohabitation and marriage. The results reveal that as the proportion of majority Finns in their neighbourhood increases, young
adults with an immigrant background increasingly resemble their majority peers in their leaving‐home behaviour, except for those from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the Balkans and former Yugoslavia. Furthermore, we find no evidence of a differential effect of the neighbourhood environment on men's and women's leaving‐home pathways


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The research was conducted as part of the ‘Contexts of Youths' Inclusion’ project, funded by the Turku Urban Research Programme. Financial support was also provided by an Academy of Finland Fellowship (Decision No. 316247) and the Research Council of Finland Flagship Programme (Decision No. 320162). Open access publishing facilitated by Turun yliopisto, as part of the Wiley - FinELib agreement.


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