Начини на живеене, брачно-семейни и сексуални нагласи на младите хора през 90-те години
Young Adults’ Living Arrangements and Attitudes Toward Sex, Family and Marriage in the 1990s in Bulgaria

Summary/Abstract: This article outlines some changes in attitudes of young adults in Bulgaria toward sex, family and marriage. These changes are discussed within the framework of the new field of demographic research, i.e. demography of young adults or demography of early adulthood. The main research issues concern living arrangements, leaving parental home (age and causes or motives), cohabitations, marriages, birth of a child or in general all stages in life course of young adults. The article presents the main trends of socio-demographic development of young people in Bulgaria since the beginning of the 90s. Living arrangements, decrease of marital rate, spread of cohabitations in the age 15-24 have been delineated and explained within the social context of the 90s. Two main tendencies of living conditions of young adults are outlined: prolonged education and limited chances in the labor market. Further, the article presents the attitudes of young adults toward sexual norms and sexual activities in the context of approbation of new living arrangements. Attention is paid to differences and similarities in sexual norms and attitudes between generations. The results and conclusions are drawn from the Bulgarian sample of the International Survey on Students (ISS).

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