Young adults in the U.S. are reaching key life milestones later than in the past
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.
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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.
About a third of workers with jobs that can be done remotely are working from home all the time, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
51% of working parents of children younger than 12 say it has been at least somewhat difficult to handle child care responsibilities recently.
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.
Despite improvements in recent decades, the former East Germany trails the former West on several important economic measures.
Millennials are the largest adult generation in the United States, and the American family continues to change.
Millennials trail Baby Boomers and Generation Xers in the number of households they head. But Millennial-run households represent the largest group in some key categories, such as the number in poverty or the number headed by a single mother.
Take a look at 10 recent findings on demographic trends, ranging from global refugee and migrant flows to changes to family life and living arrangements.
In 2011, about 3 million U.S. children were living with and being primarily cared for by a grandparent.
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