Emerging adulthood

  1. What kind of variations in emerging adulthood would you predict within your country? Would there be social class differences? Gender differences? Ethnic differences?
  2. Looking at Figure 1, what contrasts do you observe between OECD countries and non-industrialized countries? Between males and females? What economic and cultural differences might explain these contrasts?
  3. Do you agree or disagree with the author’s prediction that emerging adulthood is likely to become a life stage experienced worldwide in the decades to come? What factors are likely to determine whether this turns out to be true?