A recent report by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working conditions, Eurofound 2014, has gathered this data. It reveals that more than half of young Europeans are forced to live at home, because they cannot afford their own place.
In the last three years, the percentage of such young people has increased dramatically.
As researchers point out, the idea of a happy multigenerational household is a myth. Most studies show that young adults who are forced to live with their parents, are very unhappy, they feel deprived and socially excluded.
According to data from the report, young adults in such a situation are most frequent in Slovenia with as much as 85%, Italy comes in second with 79%, Hungary 76%, Croatia 65%, while Austria has the lowest number with 23% of young people still living with parents up to the age of 29.
translated by: I.U. Rsi