Transition to adulthood, before and at the end of the economic crisis in Spain. A comparison using the entropy análisis

Abstract

In this article we will assess the heterogeneity in the processes of transition to adult life by comparing two periods of different economic conjuncture: the period prior to the crisis and in the years in which it is possible to consider the beginning of the exit from the economic crisis. Through the entropy index, the degree of complexity will be measured, overlap or simultaneity of the different status or states that structure the process of transition to adult life (student, active, emancipated, as a couple and to be parents) and attending to various factors or variables such as age, sex and risk of poverty. With this indicator it will be possible to build sequences to verify the end of the transition, located by specialized bibliography at the apex of entropy or age at which the maximum heterogeneity is observed.