The Changing Transitions to Adulthood across Southeast Asia

作者：Quamrun Nahar, Peter Xenos, Jeofrey B. Abalos · 发表于：The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science · 年份：2013 · DOI：10.1177/0002716212469921 · 被引用次数：17 · 研究领域：Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies、Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare、Economic Growth and Productivity

Using data from the national censuses of five Southeast Asian countries, this article examines entropy-based measures of the heterogeneity in a set of five markers of the transition to adulthood. Our results suggest that the transition to adulthood is becoming increasingly complex over time in all five countries; complexity is greatest for females, and important cross-national differences in heterogeneity levels and timing persist when underlying patterns of economic transformation are considered. In light of these persistent cross-national differences, we suggest that our census-based analysis should be complemented with case studies of these countries that focus on cultural or institutional influences. Results related to the importance of schooling suggest that cross-national comparisons of educational institutions would be fruitful.