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A 2017 study found that children who move back in with their parents have notably higher depressive symptoms, and a 2022 report showed that such living situations could cause familial tension.
Fewer than half of working parents stay home when their children are sick, even though research shows that sick children recover more quickly when a parent is there. …54 percent of working women are not entitled to any paid leave for taking care of a sick child or other family members. [71]
More people are renting homes than at any time since the late 1960s. But in the 40 years leading up to the recession, rents increased at more than twice the rate of incomes. Between 2001 and 2014, the number of “severely burdened” renters—households spending over half their incomes on rent—grew by more than 50 percent.
It is reported by the National Women's Law Center that "more than 10 million women are the sole support for their children and families." [46] In addition in the labor economy, most women are relegated to service sector jobs and jobs dubbed as low-wage earning jobs. Because of these factors, women are in a unique position when it comes to ...
In 2023, more than half (56%) of all young adults aged 18 to 24 are living with their parents, along with 16% of those aged 25-34, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
The ideas about who should and can be a parent have also shifted over time, with a more inclusive range of family structures becoming recognized. During the 20th century, dual-earner families, single-mother and single-father families, adoptive families, grandparents as primary guardians, LGBTQ+ parent families, and more emerged. [2]
Formerly known as the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, the study’s name was changed in January 2023. [1] Core aims of the study are to learn about the capabilities and relationships of unmarried parents and how children and parents in these families fare using various health, economic, and social measures over time. [2]
According to the Pew Research Center, 27% of U.S. adults age 60 and over live alone, compared with 16% of their peers in the 130 countries and territories studied.Despite pushback from their adult ...