European young adults are delaying leaving home due to economic hardships


By AGENCY
The average age for leaving the family home is 26.6 years in Europe. Photo: AFP

In Europe, young adults are leaving home later and later. But is this due to chronic laziness or economic constraints? Behind the cliches, lie profound social changes.

To separate fact from fiction, online psychology platform Unobravo analysed 10 years of official European data and surveyed 1,500 French people about their attitudes to leaving home.

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