Gen Z and millennial men in the United States are more likely to live with their parents than women in the same age group. In 2023, approximately 11 percent of women aged 25 to 34 lived in their parents' home, compared to almost 19 percent of men. When looking at the age group of 18 to 24, the difference was less drastic.

In 2023, around ** percent of men and ** percent of women between the age of 25 and 34 in the United States lived with a spouse, whereas ** and ** percent respectively lived with a parent.

In 2024, approximately 71 percent of males and 51 percent of females that were aged 20 still lived with their parents in the United Kingdom. At age 25, 43 percent of males and 29 percent of females who were 25 lived with their parents, while by age 30, 18 percent of men lived with their parents, compared with six percent of women.

Total number of young adults aged 15 to 34 years and total number of young adults aged 20 to 34 years in the UK living with their parents.

In 2023, nearly 58 percent of 18-24-year old men in the United States lived with a parent, whereas approximately *** percent lived alone. In comparison, the share of women living with a parent was about **, compared to *** percent who lived alone.

This graph shows the reasons why young French people aged between 18 and 30 years old were still living with their parents in 2018. It appears that ** percent of French young adults were still living with their parents because of the cost of housing and living.

Around 22% of American adults are still on their parents’ phone plan. Read on to learn how each generation handles family plans and how to get your own plan if you’re ready for financial independence.

In Italy, almost 70 percent of young people aged from 18 to 34 years were living with their parents in 2023. Specifically, 63 percent of them were females, whereas the share of males was higher, 73 percent.

Families of tax filers; Census families with children by age of children and children by age groups (final T1 Family File; T1FF).

Number and percentage of live births, by age group of mother, 1991 to most recent year.

In 2023, there were about 15.09 million children living with a single mother in the United States, and about 3.05 million children living with a single father. The number of children living with a single mother is down from its peak in 2012, and the number of children living with a single father is down from its peak in 2005.

Marriage and divorce in the United States

Despite popular opinion in the United States that “half of all marriages end in divorce,” the divorce rate in the U.S. has fallen significantly since 1992. The marriage rate, which has also been decreasing since the 1990s, was still higher than the divorce rate in 2021. Half of all marriages may not end in divorce, but it does seem that fewer people are choosing to get married in the first place.

New family structures

In addition to a falling marriage rate, fewer people in the U.S. have children under the age of 18 living in the house in comparison to 1970. Over the past decade, the share of families with children under 18, whether that be married couples or single parents, has stayed mostly steady, although the number of births in the U.S. has also fallen.

In 2024, the revenue generated from children's books in the United Kingdom amounted to 413 million British pounds. The revenue of children's books generally grew steadily from 2017 onwards, although gains between 2019 and 2021 were small, with the figure rising by only one or two percent year over year. The source suggested that the drop in 2023 could be due to cost-of-living factors as well as the publication cycles of bigger authors and the categories they are published into. Children’s book access Children’s access to books in the UK differs according to several factors. For example, children and teens with access to free school meals were the least likely group to be encouraged to read by parents or carers, or to talk about what they were reading with their family. Boys were overall less likely to read than girls, regardless of family income, and only around 18 percent said their friends helped them find things to read, compared to 30 percent of girls. Demographics also affect the likelihood of children having a book of their own at home. Whilst over 80 percent of all children aged five to eight years old owned a book, again, boys of this age were the least likely group to have one. Getting kids reading Encouragement from parents, carers, and teachers at a young age could help young children to engage with reading materials, as well as a diverse and relatable selection of books in key areas like the home, the classroom, after-school clubs, and libraries. An awareness of the amount of time spent on screens or on social media, as well as potential reduction of this, could also be worth exploring. Data shows that children and teens aged four to 18 years old in the UK spend more than two hours with TikTok each day – and whilst social media use among young people is now the norm, reduced screen time could help when attempting to encourage kids to engage with books and other reading material.

This statistic presents the distribution of young French individuals aged between 18 and 30 years old in 2021, by housing situation. It displays that ** percent of young French people were living alone, whereas ** percent lived with their parents and had never lived elsewhere.

In 2023, about 39.47 percent of all family households in the United States had their own children under age 18 living in the household. This is compared to the approximate 48.5 percent of female-led households with their own children under 18.

In 2024, there were approximately ** million millennials in the United Kingdom, making it the largest generational cohort at that time. Millennials surpassed the Baby Boomer generation as the largest generation for the first time in 2019. The two youngest generations, Gen Z and Gen Alpha, numbered approximately **** million, and ****million respectively. Gen X are, as of the most recent year, the second-largest generation in the UK at ** million people. The population born before the end of the Second World War in mid-1945 was just over **** million in this year. Post-War Baby Boom The baby boomer generation was the largest generation for much of this period due to the spike in births that happened after the Second World War. In 1947, for example, there were over *** million live births in the United Kingdom, compared with just ******* live births just thirty years later in 1977. Members of this generation are typically the parents of millennials, and were the driving force behind the countercultural movement of the 1960s, due to their large numbers relative to older generations at the time. The next generational cohort after Boomers are Generation X, born between 1965 and 1980. This generation had fewer members than the Boomer generation for most of its existence, and only became larger than it in 2021. Millennials and Gen Z As of 2024, the most common single year of age in the United Kingdom was 33, with approximately ******* people this age. Furthermore, people aged between 30 and 34 were the most numerous age group in this year, at almost *** million people. As of 2024, people in this age group were Millennials, the large generation who came of age in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Many members of this generation entered the workforce following the 2008 financial crash, and suffered through high levels of unemployment during the early 2010s. The generation that followed Millennials, Generation Z, have also experienced tough socio-economic conditions recently, with key formative years dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and an increasingly unstable geopolitical situation.