A Record Share of Young Women Are Living at Home

New analysis from the Pew Research Center shows that a larger share of young American women are living with family now than at any time since the 1940s, as more of them forgo early marriage for higher education. While the Great Recession nudged many millennials back to their parents’ homes, the shift is particularly apparent among women. In 1940, 36.2 percent of women age 18 to 34 lived with their parents or other relatives, and by 2014, the share of women living with family had climbed back up to 36.4 percent. Women today are five times as likely to be enrolled in college than in 1940, when only 5 percent of 18-to-34-year-olds were pursuing a degree.
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