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“Family-Anchored” transitions to adult life in Mexico

Federica Becca & Albert Esteve

Demographic Research2026https://doi.org/10.4054/demres.2026.54.2article
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BACKGROUNDIt is common for young adults in Mexico to coreside with own parents or other extended family members when forming the first partnership or becoming a parent/single parent.This practice has scarcely been studied in the literature and yet plays a very relevant role in understanding transitions to adulthood in the Latin American context. OBJECTIVEThis study explores whether young Mexicans realize family transitions (first partnership, parenthood, and single motherhood) within an extended household ('family-anchored' transitions), emphasizing the role of family support during life course transitions and its stability across cohorts.https://www.demographic-research.org CONTRIBUTIONThis research contributes to the understanding of the critical role of family support during vulnerable life stages in Mexico, and how anchoring family transitions in extended households represents a common strategy across Mexican society.

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@article{federica2026,
  title        = {{“Family-Anchored” transitions to adult life in Mexico}},
  author       = {Federica Becca & Albert Esteve},
  journal      = {Demographic Research},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4054/demres.2026.54.2},
}

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