80% of Spaniards under 30 still live with their parents

[Grab the Gauge]

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An overwhelming majority of Spaniards are still living at home with mum and dad - and this number seems to be increasing, according to a new report.

Just 20.8 percent of Spaniards between the ages of 16 and 29 were "emancipated," or living in their own independent homes in the first half of last year, according to a study released on Monday by the Council for Youth in Spain (CJE).

The portion of youth living on their own was higher during the same period the year before, 22.3%, meaning more young adults were living with their parents in 2015 than in 2014.

Of those who have managed to make it out of the family home, 84.3 percent live with two or more roommates.

"The emancipation for young people in our country remains a utopian idea," wrote the CJE.

Women seem to be better at flying the nest than men, according to the report, with 25.2 percent of young women living away from their parents compared to 16.4 percent of young men.

The report explains that a major part of the problem is the housing market as well as the lack of available jobs. The study stated that young people would have to earn 95.4 percent more than what they currently do to be able to buy their own home.

"The principle causes of the worrisome delay of young people becoming emancipated are their fragile situation in the labour market and the difficult conditions of the housing market, inaccessible more and more each day for the purchasing power that most people have between the ages of 16 and 29," the CJE wrote in a statement.

Youth unemployment in Spain has hovered around 50 percent since the 2008 economic crash, though it dropped to 45 percent in January, making it the country with the second-highest rate after Greece, according to Eurostat figures published on Tuesday.

"Behind these numbers is an unsustainable reality that puts a large portion of the youth at risk of poverty," said CJE researcher Victor Reloba in a statement, adding that politicians should "work on labour laws that guarantee decent employment, in line with international recommendations."

[Cristiano viejo]

Butthurt, mongrel? good!!!

[Queen B]

So? The problem is ?

[Purohit ji]

In india if someone dont live with their parents they are considered evil and bad by society. In all castes and religions. Opposite of west where you guys consider them as looser.

[Colonel Frank Grimes]

All my cousins here and in Spain live with their parents until they got married. They save their money t eventually buy a house. When I was younger I would have done the same but it was much more stressful at the time being with them than having weird roommates who use my razor blade to shave and download weird porn on my computer without asking.

[Catholic Riffs]

[zhaoyun]

dafuq did I just watch

[Vyacheslav]

What is bad? I also live with my parents, so you can survive in a Russian village, otherwise it's very difficult

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

In india if someone dont live with their parents they are considered evil and bad by society. In all castes and religions. Opposite of west where you guys consider them as looser.

When you marry how is it done? Your wife's parents move to the same house of your parents?

[Grab the Gauge]

The problem is that most of these people are unemployed, and their living arrangement makes them unsuitable for marriage and childbirth.

Low fertility and high unemployment are kryptonite to human civilization.

Anyone who is trying to save face for this is a fucking joker, period. You cannot try to cover this up. It's like having your neck slashed wide open by a cheetah at the zoo and saying "oh no guys it's fine, I don't need an ambulance. It's totally normal to walk around with a pint of blood gushing out of your neck per second".