According to the recently working work, less young adults are receiving economic and family milestones. paper From the U.S. Census Bureau.
Paper saw the nationally representative figures from 2005 and 2023, so that changes in the experiences of young adults could be examined, such as their parents go out of the house, marry and have a child. Researchers found a dramatic change in the receipt of these milestones in recent decades.
According to paper, the reason for this is that more young adults between the ages of 25 and 34 are facing economic obstacles compared to the previous generations. Changing the social outlook around family formation is also contributing to a sharp decline in the share of young people, which reaches the US Census Bureau, which considers “major milestones”.
According to the working paper, “Changes in the milestone of adulthood,” in 1975, about half of all the young adults had reached four milestones associated with adults: someone’s parents have to go out of the house, get out of the house, do a job, marry and have a child.
On five decades, that progress has changed dramatically. According to the paper, the share of young adults following the traditional passage for adulthood has decreased less than a quarter.
Working paper reads, “The living system, economic opportunities and approaches towards family formation have not been experienced in the same fashion in generations of young adults.” For example, job disturbance and increase in economic recession, some young adults have navigated more unstable and uncertain economic environment. ,
Combined economic status with changing cultural criteria, “the implications of how young people develop their identity as adults,” says paper.
It comes as the cost of redistribution of young adulthood Essential every dayHousing, food, gas and decare include an increase. As a result, more Americans are choosing to have a family, in some cases because they consider such options ineffective, found in the study.
Researchers also measured changes in the achievement of individual milestones. While one-fourth of young adults acquired all four miles stones, 28% met two economic milestones-to get out of their parents’ homes and find jobs.
Women in the workforce
In the 1970s, marrying, having a child, and living independently, all were the second most common group of milestones achieved next to the completion of four.
However, changing cultural approaches, the benefits of women in the workforce have inspired to make this combination of milestones less, report note.
Another marker of adulthood, completion of education, has oversee other milestones as a increasing number of young adults enrolled in college.
Working paper states, “These high levels of educational attainment resulted in contemporary colleagues nominated a long part of their young adult life in higher education, possibly delaying other markers of adulthood, such as the entry of labor or marriage,” said in the work letter.
When it comes to the perceptions of adulthood, doing a job leads to marriage, because young adults have seen economic achievements because they are more directly tied to adulthood, as they are committed to a spouse.
Working paper states, “Marriage is seen as a capstone of adulteration, completing formal education, establishing an independent house and moving after gaining economic stability through being employed,” said in the working paper.
