Parents, Young Adult Children and the Transition to Adulthood
Most U.S. young adults are at least mostly financially independent and happy with their parents’ involvement in their lives. Parent-child relationships are mostly strong.
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Most U.S. young adults are at least mostly financially independent and happy with their parents’ involvement in their lives. Parent-child relationships are mostly strong.
Today’s 21-year-olds are less likely than their predecessors in 1980 to have reached five key milestones, including having a full-time job.
Nearly four-in-ten men ages 25 to 29 now live with older relatives.
51% of working parents of children younger than 12 say it has been at least somewhat difficult to handle child care responsibilities recently.
On key economic outcomes, single adults at prime working age increasingly lag behind those who are married or cohabiting
Latinos say they and their loved ones have faced widespread job losses and serious illness due to COVID-19. Yet satisfaction with the nation’s direction is at highest level in a decade as most say the worst of the pandemic is behind us.
Family is preeminent for most publics but work, material well-being and health also play a key role.
52% of employed parents with children younger than 12 say it has been difficult to handle child care responsibilities during the pandemic.
Recent pandemic migrants are more likely than those who moved earlier in the outbreak to have relocated due to financial stress.
Millennials are the largest adult generation in the United States, and the American family continues to change.
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