Record Share Of Young Women Now Living With Relatives

A record portion of young U.S. women are living with parents or other relatives, largely because of higher college attendance and delayed marriage, a research report said on Wednesday. The Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data showed that 36.4 percent of women ages 18 to 34 lived with family in 2014, mostly in the home of mother, father or both. The number tops the record set in 1940, when 36.2 percent of young women lived with relatives, the analysis said. 1940 is the earliest year for comparable data. Among young men, 42.8 percent were living with relatives last year, below the 1940 high of 47.5 percent. "The result is a striking U-shaped curve for young women - and young men - indicating a return to the past, statistically speaking," Pew said. Young women are more likely now to be enrolled in college than in previous decades, with 27 percent of them college students last year, the report said. That compares with 5 percent in 1960. Last year, 45 percent of young females in college, including those enrolled part time and at community college, lived with family. Among those not in college, a third lived with family. Many young women are putting off marriage compared with those in previous decades, making staying at home more likely, the report said. In 2013, 30 percent of young women were married, compared with 62 percent in 1940. The share of young women living with parents or other relatives bottomed at 20 percent in 1960. The upturn increased sharply afte...
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