°Transition into adulthood
	Becoming an adult: average age 2006
	By sex and country, in years
	CH		DE		FR		UK		SE		ES
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
Leaving parents' home	21.1	19.6	21.8	21.1	21.1	20.7	20.8	20.3	20.2	19.3	24.1	23.1
First paid job	17.7	18.2	18.2	17.8	19.3	20.2	18.0	19.1	18.4	19.3	17.9	20.2
Living with a partner for the first time	25.4	23.4	24.9	22.6	24.4	22.4	24.5	22.6	24.2	22.3	26.5	24.5
Birth of first child	29.0	26.7	27.7	25.0	27.6	25.3	27.9	25.3	28.2	25.1	28.6	26.0
	Becoming an adult: average age 2006
	By generation and country, in years
	CH			DE			FR			UK			SE			ES
	18–39 years	40–59 years	60 years and over	18–39 years	40–59 years	60 years and over	18–39 years	40–59 years	60 years and over	18–39 years	40–59 years	60 years and over	18–39 years	40–59 years	60 years and over	18–39 years	40–59 years	60 years and over
Leaving parents' home	20.1	20.5	20.0	20.8	21.2	22.1	20.5	20.9	21.6	20.0	20.5	21.0	19.4	19.7	20.2	23.7	23.0	24.3
First paid job	18.0	18.0	17.9	18.5	18.2	17.3	20.4	19.7	19.0	19.0	19.1	17.6	19.7	18.9	18.1	19.6	19.6	17.3
Living with a partner for the first time	23.3	24.0	25.9	23.0	23.5	24.5	22.7	23.3	24.5	22.9	23.4	24.1	22.2	23.0	24.5	25.2	25.2	26.3
Birth of first child	27.6	28.2	27.1	26.3	26.3	26.2	26.8	26.4	25.9	26.0	26.8	26.4	27.0	26.9	25.8	27.4	27.0	27.1
	What is important for being considered an adult?
	By country 2006 in %
	CH	ES	SE	UK	DE	FR
Living with partner	39.0	30.7	21.8	33.8	50.9	49.1
Becoming mother/father	43.5	34.4	21.7	33.5	51.4	51.9
Leaving parents' home	50.8	35.8	57.2	42.3	50.4	53.4
Full time job	49.9	41.6	41.2	52.9	58.1	68.6