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Millennial life: How young adulthood today compares with prior generations

February 26, 2019

Over the past 50 years – from the Silent Generation’s young adulthood to that of Millennials today – the United States has undergone large cultural and societal shifts. Now that the youngest Millennials are adults, how do they compare with those who were their age in the generations that came before them?

In general, they’re better educated – a factor tied to employment and financial well-being – but there is a sharp divide between the economic fortunes of those who have a college education and those who don’t.

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Analysis, Education, Latest Trend

A third of 18- to -34 year olds in the U.S. live with their parents

June 5, 2014

The number of young Americans heading to college continues to increase where they are racking up debt to pay for rapidly increasing tuition costs.

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‘Post college towns’ teem with college-educated young adults, jobs

May 1, 2014

Young adults spend leisurely time at Marion Square in Charleston, SC.

Jessica Duggan grew up in this starchy historic city in the 1990’s. She remembers field trips with her mother to the historic Battery neighborhood, watching tourists “doing the horse thing and the market thing.” She dreamed of staying here as an adult. But she had to admit that her hometown was hopelessly uncool.

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Analysis, Economy, Latest Trend

Being a young adult in America is a financial nightmare

November 8, 2013

Between the ages of 25 and 34, 41.3% percent of Americans will spend at least a year earning less than 150 percent of the poverty line.

In the world’s richest country, poverty is an astonishingly common experience. Almost 40 percent of American adults experience it for at least a year by age 60. But poverty is especially common among young adults in America.

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Exactly how many college graduates live back at home?

February 28, 2013

College graduates who are unemployed and have had to move back in with their parents have become a stock figure of the past few years and is helping to cement the Millennials’ reputation as the “Boomerang Generation.” How many of these graduates are returning to live with mom and dad ((or their aunt or uncle)?

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Study finds 75% of homeless youth use social networks

August 31, 2012

Young adults find ways to access the Internet even without a roof over their heads.

Social scientists found that 75 percent of the homeless youth they surveyed use social networks and that their usage patterns were remarkably similar to college students. in a new intriguing study..

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Analysis, Health & Fitness, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

41% of young adults skip health care as medical costs rise

June 11, 2012

41% of young adults between age 19 and 29 failed to get medical care in a recent 12-month period because of cost.

There are millions of young adults who are skipping necessary care and treatment because of rising health care costs in the U.S., according to a new report released on Friday.

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1 in 3 young adults in the U.S. have been arrested: study

December 19, 2011

The arrests are for everything from underage drinking and petty theft to violent crime.

Almost one in three teens and young adults get arrested by age 23 in the U.S., suggests a new study that finds more of them are being booked now than in the 1960s.

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Almost 1 in 5 Young Adults in the U.S. Has High Blood Pressure

May 26, 2011

Being overweight or obese is a well-known risk factor for high blood pressure.

Expanding waistlines and higher body mass index of young adults are causing unexpected problems, including an increase in diabetes, kidney disease and even arthritis say federal health officials.

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Analysis, Internet, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Primary Source of News for Young Adults is Now the Internet

January 13, 2011

Web is no longer playing catch-up among young adults

Television has long been the primary source of news for all Americans, but for the first time, young adults have changed that trend. Consumers ages 18 to 29 now say that the internet is their primary source of national and international news, according to The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.

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