This paper examines the options facing rural versus urban youth as they negotiate the complex mobilities of moving into adulthood. Specifically, it looks at the links between geographic mobility into and out of one’s home community, and mobility into and out of the parental home. Qualitative and numeric data from a longitudinal survey of 1200 youth provide insight into these transitions. Leaving the parental home is clearly a process rather than an event, and for many it is subjective and ambiguous. More rural youth than urban expected to leave both their parental home and their community, for education and work, and more in fact did leave, by age 19 and 22. This pattern reflects the often limited educational and work options in rural areas. Many youth returned to the parental home for varying lengths of time; again, more rural than urban youth followed this pattern. Urban youth more often have the option of staying close to home to pursue further education or find a job. The parental home serves as an important safety net for youth, especially those who may have been pushed to leave because of limited options nearby. Having the option of returning home gives youth an additional way of dealing with the challenges of their complex mobilities. The results confirm that the pressures on rural youth as they grapple with the mobilities options available to them are quite different than those on their urban counterparts. Thus, rural youth are more often faced with the complexities inherent in the links between social and spatial mobilities.

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农村与城市青年的复杂流动性：进出父母之家和社区的流动性

本文研究了农村与城市青年在协商进入成年期的复杂流动时所面临的选择。具体来说，它着眼于进出家庭社区的地理流动性与进出父母家庭的流动性之间的联系。来自对 1200 名青年的纵向调查的定性和数字数据提供了对这些转变的洞察。离开父母家显然是一个过程，而不是一个事件，对许多人来说，这是主观和模棱两可的。预计到 19 岁和 22 岁时离开父母家庭和社区去接受教育和工作的农村青年多于城市青年。这种模式反映了农村地区的教育和工作选择往往有限。许多青少年回到父母家的时间长短不一；再次，遵循这种模式的农村青年多于城市青年。城市青年通常可以选择留在家附近继续深造或找工作。父母之家是青少年的重要安全网，尤其是那些可能因为附近选择有限而被迫离开的人。选择返回家园为年轻人提供了一种应对复杂流动性挑战的另一种方式。结果证实，农村青年在应对可供他们选择的出行方式时所承受的压力与城市青年所承受的压力截然不同。因此，农村青年更经常面临社会和空间流动之间联系所固有的复杂性。父母之家是青少年的重要安全网，尤其是那些可能因为附近选择有限而被迫离开的人。选择返回家园为年轻人提供了一种应对复杂流动性挑战的另一种方式。结果证实，农村青年在应对可供他们选择的出行方式时所承受的压力与城市青年所承受的压力截然不同。因此，农村青年更经常面临社会和空间流动之间联系所固有的复杂性。父母之家是青少年的重要安全网，尤其是那些可能因为附近选择有限而被迫离开的人。选择返回家园为年轻人提供了一种应对复杂流动性挑战的另一种方式。结果证实，农村青年在应对可供他们选择的出行方式时所承受的压力与城市青年所承受的压力截然不同。因此，农村青年更经常面临社会和空间流动之间联系所固有的复杂性。结果证实，农村青年在应对可供他们选择的出行方式时所承受的压力与城市青年所承受的压力截然不同。因此，农村青年更经常面临社会和空间流动之间联系所固有的复杂性。结果证实，农村青年在应对可供他们选择的出行方式时所承受的压力与城市青年所承受的压力截然不同。因此，农村青年更经常面临社会和空间流动之间联系所固有的复杂性。