Eurofound report says it's not just people finishing education who struggle to live independently, but those in their 30s too
By Shiv Malik
The Guardian - Monday 24 March 2014
Almost half of Europe's young adults are living with their parents,
new data suggests – a record level of dependency that has sobering
social and demographic implications for the continent.
One of the
most comprehensive social surveys of 28 European countries reveals on
Tuesday that the percentage of people aged 18-30 who were still living
with their parents had risen to 48%, or 36.7 million people, by 2011, in
tandem with levels of deprivation and unemployment that surged during
five years of economic crisis.
The data from EU agency Eurofound,
obtained by the Guardian, shows that few countries are immune and that
the phenomenon is not exclusive to the debt-laden Mediterranean rim. The
figures show large rises in the number of stay-at-home twentysomethings
in countries such as Sweden, Denmark, France, Belgium and Austria. In
Italy, nearly four-fifths (79%) of young adults were living with their
parents.
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