BRUSSELS, May 14 (Xinhua) -- A recent survey of the European Union (EU) labor force showed that 28.5 percent of young adults are living with their parents.
The proportion of young people aged 25-34 in EU member states who are living with their parents ranges from 3.2 percent in Denmark to 59.7 percent in Croatia.
Data shows that on average, young people of the EU members leave their parental households at the age of 26. The age varies significantly among the member states.
In 2017, young people in Sweden, Denmark and Finland left their parents' home at the early ages of 18.5 years old, 21.1 years old and 22 years old, respectively.
In contrast, young adults in Croatia and Slovakia stayed the longest in their parental households. They left their parents' home at an average age of 31.8 and 30.9, respectively.
In almost all member states, young women tend to leave their parental households earlier than men. Romania registers the largest age difference between genders, with women leaving their parents' home at the age of 25.6 and men at the age of 30.5, followed by Bulgaria and Croatia.
