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In Croatia and Slovakia longer at home with parents

Young women leaving the parental house earlier than men

15 May, 12:03
(ANSA) - BELGRADE, 15 MAG - More than one young adult out of four (28.5%) in the European Union was still living with their parents in 2016, but the percentage is much higher in countries like Croatia (58,7%), Slovakia (55,5%) and Greece (55%), Eurostat said today.

According to Eurostat estimates, in the EU young adults leave the parental household when they are 26 years old, but the average age is much higher in countries like Malta (32.2 years) and Croatia (31.9). Young adults in Slovakia (30.8 years), Italy (30.1 years), Greece (29.4 years), Spain (29.3 years), Portugal (29.2 years) and Bulgaria (28.9 years) leave also the parental home later than the EU average, Eurostat noted.

In the EU, and in particular in Central- and Eastern Europe, young women are leaving the parental house earlier than men, with the highest differences registered in Romania (25.6 years for women, compared with 30.3 for men), Bulgaria (26.5 vs.

31.1), Croatia (30.4 vs. 33.4), Slovakia (29.4 vs. 32.2), Hungary (26.0 vs. 28.8), Greece (28.0 vs. 30.7) and the Czech Republic (25.1 vs. 27.7). (ANSA).

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