[eng] Forty percent of the 742,000 young people who completed their initial education in 1998 moved to new localities and “employment areas” (zones d’emploi) in the fi rst seven years of their working careers. Thirteen percent relocated at least twice. In seven cases out of ten, the moves were to another département in approximately one in two instances, the moves were to another region. Fifteen percent of the persons in the group have returned to the region that they had left during their studies. Geographic attachment therefore seems weak among the younger cohorts. While a large majority of young people are potentially mobile, not all are so in reality. Several factors infl uence the decision to migrate. Some, often cited, are confi rmed here: age, educational attainment, previous mobility experience, and having children. Our study points to other factors as well, such as having parents born abroad, and employment status. By comparison with persons employed under unstable work contracts (fi xed-term contracts, temping, subsidized jobs), the unemployed are more mobile and workers on openended contracts are less so. Gender and marital status have a measurable impact as well. For instance, among couples, women’s educational attainment loses its signifi cant infl uence on the propensity to migrate, while men’s educational attainment remains infl uential. Residential and occupational mobility are often linked. Two-thirds of migrations between “employment areas” coincide with a job change. However, among migrants living as couples, the proportion of men changing jobs far exceeds that of women, and the gender gap widens over time. Women are more often involved in transitions between employment and non-employment. For instance, among persons living in partnerships who have migrated, three times as many women as men (13% versus 4%) have lost their jobs. [ger] 40 % der 742 000 Jugendlichen, die 1998 ihre Erstausbildung abschlossen, sind in den ersten sieben Jahren ihres Berufslebens in eine andere Beschäftigungszone gezogen. 13 % davon wechselten sogar mindestens zweimal den Ort. In sieben von zehn Fällen zogen die Jugendlichen in ein anderes Departement rund jeder zweite ging in eine andere Region. In 15 % der Fälle handelte es sich um eine Rückkehr in die Region, die sie wegen ihres Studiums verlassen hatten. Unter den jungen Generationen ist die territoriale Verankerung somit gering. Obgleich die Jugendlichen in ihrer großen Mehrheit potenziell mobil sind, trifft dies in der Praxis nicht zu. Mehrere Faktoren beeinfl ussen den Beschluss wegzuziehen. Manche dieser Faktoren, die oftmals angeführt werden, haben sich bestätigt: Alter, Ausbildungsniveau, vor der Mobilität gesammelte Erfahrungen und Vorhandensein von Kindern. Andere Faktoren werden aufgezeigt wie etwa die Tatsache, dass die Eltern im Ausland geboren wurden, und die Beschäftigungslage: Im Vergleich zu den Beschäftigten mit prekären Arbeitsverhältnissen (befristete Arbeitsverträge, Zeitarbeit, Arbeitsbeschaffungsmaßnahmen) sind die Arbeitslosen mobiler und die...