This month sees the release of the Wave 1 data for Sweden. The GGP now has publicly available data for 19 countries, allowing researchers to examine how lifecourses unfold in a wide variety of contexts. We know that families and lifecourses play out differently across countries but the GGP allows us to examine this in detail and its unprecendented breadth enables scientists to examine the role of contextual factors such as culture, policy and historical context. Figure 1 illustrates just how common coresiding with a parent is for young adults and when they start to move out in all 19 countries of the GGP. Such simple indicators raise questions as to why continued coresidence is common in places as diverse as Italy, Georgia and Japan, yet so uncommon in Scandinavia, Australia and France. The detailed micro level data of the GGP enables us to examine these cross national differences at the individual level.
Percentage of 20-35 year olds living with at least one parent
Source: Generations and Gender Survey Wave 1
