More young adults are now living with their parents than with a spouse or partner, marking a tipping point for the first time in modern history, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center. About 32.1 percent of Americans between 18 to 34 years old lived in their parents' homes in 2014, edging out the 31.6 percent who were married or living with a partner in their own household, the analysis of Census data found. The remaining 36 percent either live alone, are single parents, or live in dorms or with other relatives.
The trend appears to be tied to a few factors, including what Pew calls a "postponement of, if not retreat from, marriage." While changing society norms may be part of the cause, it's likely also tied to economic and labor market trends that have walloped a few demographic groups, such as men, people without college degrees, and people of color. Some might start families and form their own households later in life, but it's clear that for many young Americans, their priorities have shifted, either from choice or necessity.
"Young adults today are having a different transition into adulthood than previous generations," said Richard Fry, a senior researcher at Pew. "In previous generations, setting up new families was a basic thing young adults were doing. Even in the 1980s, half of them were married. Today's young adults are moving away from that."
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6 comments:
What a load of crap. They can not afford to move out. Tell it like it is and quit blaming it on BS.
Poverty the Democrat way.
Both my children work, but with the amount obamacare takes, now that they no longer are eligible for my health care, taxes and the locally high cost of living, there is no way they could make it on what is available locally. What they attempt to get in rent or for home sales, is outrageous and panders to the professional jobs available, or to those on public assistance.
nothing better than getting assistance, the gov got plenty of cash
4:22 bet they both drive a truck, it is all about choices and priorities.
If all they get is negativity from their parents how do you expect them to view the world. Now you have reinforced that they are victims.
I was on my own since I was seventeen. Also my kids moved out at eighteen and nineteen. It's just parents still giving them everything. If they are out of school and working kick their butts out and tell them to get a life and support their selves.
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