Drawing on immigrant adaptation and life course perspectives, this study explores reasons for differences in the timing of young adults’ departure from the parental home. We extend existing research by examining: (a) associations between home-leaving, and immigrant generation and parental region of origin, and (b) the role of parental language use in the home as a moderator of these associations. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (N = 5,994), we used Cox proportional hazard regressions to estimate the risk of home-leaving. Results revealed that 3+ generation immigrants are most likely to leave home, followed by second, 1.75, and 1.5 generation. Youth whose parents were from Latin America were least likely to leave compared with those with parents from other regions. Parental language spoken at home is a moderator such that, net of controls, youth with Latin American parents are less likely to leave the parental home than those with U.S.-born parents when their parents speak a language other than English at home. Findings contribute to the immigration literature by examining nuanced differences among immigrants of different generations and origins, and pointing to multiple factors that contribute to differences in the timing of the transition out of the parental home.

基于移民适应和生活过程的观点，本研究探讨了年轻人离开父母家庭的时间差异的原因。我们通过检查以下内容来扩展现有的研究：（a）居家与移民产生与父母原籍地区之间的关联，以及（b）父母在家庭中使用父母语言作为这些协会的主持人的作用。使用1997年全国青少年纵向调查（N= 5,994），我们使用Cox比例风险回归法估算了离开家园的风险。结果显示，超过3代的移民最有可能离开家园，其次分别是第二，1.75和1.5代。与来自其他地区的父母相比，父母来自拉丁美洲的年轻人最不可能离开。在家中使用的父母语言是一种调节剂，因此，在控制之下，拉丁美洲父母的年轻人比父母在美国出生的年轻人在家讲英语以外的其他语言时，离开父母的可能性要小。通过检查不同世代和血统的移民之间细微的差异，并指出导致父母出户时间变化的多种因素，发现为移民文学做出了贡献。