This chapter explores the issue of youth mobility, with the aim of moving towards an understanding of why certain tertiary-educated young people are able to move abroad for work and study purposes while others remain closer to home at this point in the life course. This aim is realised through the use of theoretical ideas associated with Pierre Bourdieu, principally habitus, and empirical evidence drawn from two recent studies conducted in Ireland and Portugal, which help illustrate processes through which the youth mobility field can be entered. Particular emphasis is placed upon the family as a site for the creation of mobility dispositions, moving towards an incorporation of additional contexts, such as educational background and leisure experience.

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