Az egyetemista ifjúság netán felnőtt? A felnőtté válás folyamatai az önálló életkezdéstől a párválasztásig
Are College Students Adults? Transitions to Adulthood, from Independent Life to Partnership Selection

Summary/Abstract: Despite ample research on Hungarian young people from Transylvania, few studies have focused on comparing different groups of youngsters, or on the special subgroup of the youth. Using data from the Hungarian Youth Research, a Transylvanian sub-sample (N=2000) and a large scale survey (N=1239) carried out among Hungarian college students from Transylvania, we probe similarities and differences in life events and transitions to adulthood in these two groups of the youth. In this paper we give an overview of the marital status, living and working conditions and future plans of youngsters. Despite of the fact that a large group of young people wish to start a family around their mid-twenties, they seem to be in a “waiting game” and postpone marriage and childbearing. Our analysis revealed that the coronavirus pandemic has fundamentally changed the college students’ lifestyle: a large portion of the respondents reported significant changes in their living conditions and living environment. In the short run, the consequences of Covid-19 hit students with rural residents more than urban, and older cohorts – already active in the labour market – more than younger ones. Regarding partnership selection, we found that Hungarian ethnicity and linguistic homogeneity are the most important cultural criteria in the mechanisms of partnership selection.

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