Young adults are having the toughest time of any age group recovering from the recession.
Young adults are having the toughest time of any age group recovering from the recession.
Those difficulties are affecting their decisions on careers, school, marriage, and parenthood, according to a new report.
“The economy may be improving, but in spite of the recent decline in unemployment, young people are still really struggling,” said Kim Parker, associate director of Pew’s Social and Demographic Trends Project and a co-author of the study.
Nearly half say that in recent years they’ve taken a job they didn’t really want to pay the bills. More than a third have gone back to school because of the poor economy. About a third have postponed either their plans to get married or have a child, and one in four say they have moved back in with their parents after living independently. And fewer than half of young people who are now employed say they have the education and training necessary to get ahead in their jobs.
Read more at The Register-Guard.
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