Conrad Hackett 
Half of US young adults (age 18-29) now live with a parent, up from 29% in 1960.
1960 29%
1970 31%
1980 32%
1990 36%
2000 38%
2010 44%
2022 50%
(Current Population Survey data)
Pumpkin's Dad 🎃@conradhackett what do you think the cause is?
It seems like a rise in the cost of housing and lower wages have contributed to this, no?
Debasree Sarkar PhD (she/her)
@Debasree_Sarkar @conradhackett That makes too much sense! God, it's so depressing that the system is out to get us. Hope we can build a better future.
bara mudita@conradhackett looking at the housing market just in california, i’m not surprised. it’s way too expensive out here, which is a reason why graduate student employees in the UC system are demanding for a cost of living adjustment to help alleviate rent burden
Philip N Cohen@conradhackett Was the coverage of dorms consistent in CPS over this time? I think it changed at some point
@philipncohen “ The CPS somewhat overstates the number of young adult college students who live with their parents. That is because unmarried college students residing in dormitories are counted as living with their parents. So the CPS cannot be used to measure the migration of college students living in dormitories to their parents’ homes since the onset of the pandemic. Not all unmarried college students ages 18 to 29 live in dormitories or with their parents.”
@philipncohen My colleagues did this analysis - I’m not sure about CPS coverage changes. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/09/04/a-majority-of-young-adults-in-the-u-s-live-with-their-parents-for-the-first-time-since-the-great-depression/
