[The mobility of people living alone in France and Great Britain]

"The 1990 French census and the 1991 British census both report that over one-quarter of all housing is occupied by people living alone.... Migration is often an occasion to leave home and live alone. Leaving the parental home...is tending to become an essential step on the way to securing an executive position, especially for women. Two longitudinal statistical sources, the Longitudinal Study in England and the Continuous Demographic Sample in France, are used to describe the main residential changes. The findings show remarkable similarities between the two countries in this regard." (EXCERPT)