Don't all adults live at home? π€¦
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Adults living with their parents. The headline of the graph is a bit weird.
Right in the middle it says: % of 25-29 year olds living with parents.
Not the homeless adults.
What a stupid graph.
European countries where adults live at home -
Every country 99%
I live at home fucksake
Oh yeah, tiny writing in the middle π
Yep pretty much π
Take this with a huge grain of salt as in some of these countries like Slovakia, you don't need to update your residence address for most things. This means that most people in these age groups might show up as living with their parents, while they just haven't updated their address, even if they've moved out.
Also in some countries it's difficult to change your address if you're living in a rental, which also makes measuring this much more difficult
I don't know if the data are taken based on your address or based on polling. But I never change my address to my rental because it's a hassle to do it every couple of years
Hey this economic hardship chart is upside down
Does this differentiate between a young adult living with their parents (parents own the house) and elderly adults living with their adult child (child owns the house)? In my mind, that's a big difference in terms of the younger generation's economic health.
In the mid-60s on the graph, there's a blurb that it's 25-29 year olds living with their parents. Not super noticable at first glance.
Yeah, I saw that after posting.
A 25-29 year old buying a home and having their parents move back in with them seems unlikely, but is it so unlikely as to be negligible?
I would imagine so. Most 25-29 year olds' parents aren't that old, plus you'd need a combination of "able to afford a house" and "parents need/want to move in with kid (and vice versa)".
Interesting. Here in Germany itβs always seen as a bit weird if someone still lives with their parents as an adult. But we also donβt have such intense family bonds.
Depends on the region though. In my experience a lot of young families live with tgeir parents in the rural area. Often with the same address but separate apartments.
I think it makes sense. People want to own a house but itβs gotten almost impossible to afford so they do the next best thing and live at their parents house. And then the parents can also see their grandchildren a lot and babysit them. Itβs a win win if you have a good relationship with your parents.
I don't think other countries have intense family bonds. They just have a worse housing situation than Germany. Hello from hell/UK!
It's both. It is really more expensive for me as a Greek to live alone than for a German adult in my age, surely. But our family bonds are also stronger in the Balkans/South Europe than in most of the rest of Europe and it is not weird to stay with your parents until after Uni/1st good job. And sometimes even later.
I'm curious. I spent my twenties spreading my wings, partying, and engaging in the carnal activities that follow.
My parents would absolutely not have tolerated such things.
It would've felt like a continuation of sneaking around behind their backs as a teenager.
How does that dynamic work in countries that commonly have adult children living at home?
(My parents were particularly strict and pretty much nothing was acceptable, so that's probably quite a bit different than most people)
When you reach a certain age, you just do whatever you want. Especially if you're working and contributing to the family expenses.
If your parents don't understand that, well, I guess you'll end up being in the percentage that leaves home.
Another factor to consider: living with parents often translates to living with ONE parent.
Look at your average ghetto, where people can't afford their own place, and you'll see much much more young people being outside. They practically only come home to sleep and eat. That's their escape.
That's one of the reasons, I think, why some people feel like there are much more migrants than there actually are. It's perfectly normal for, say, arabs to spend their free time hanging out in public spaces instead of sitting at someone's home.
Bit difficult to engage in "carnal activities" in public, though (or rather, it's not that hard but it kinda sucks).
But Italy was worse 40 years ago because "le terrorists" and "Le drugz".