Long goodbyes: pathways of leaving home by gender and destination in Spain

Abstract This article examines the pathways of leaving home in Spain by differentiating between moving out to live with a partner (marriage or cohabitation) and without one. We analyzed relationship these pathways, personal family characteristics, various life course events both men women. The analysis uses Spain’s 2018 Fertility Survey data, applying logistic regression, competing risk models. results revealed major transformation generations, women recording greater diversity situations. In general, there is delay among younger generations relevance economic factors. Personal characteristics related modern values are associated new destinations, namely, cohabiting, living partner, while traditional pathway involving marriage has lost ground. Finally, life-course closely different representing gendered professional career effect. Finding job building positively all kinds departures men; however, they negatively marry