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Critical Analysis
What portion of 18-29-year-olds in the U.S. are currently living with their parents?
Identify one trend you see in this chart.
Why do you think that is?
What is one consequence of over half of 18-29-year-olds living at home?
Is this good news?
You are in high school and should be living at home. Do you think that you will be living at home when you are a high school graduate and age 18-29?
What has happened to the rate of young adults living at home just in this year?
How do you think this will impact the political ideology and voting habits of young adults?
How would the end of the pandemic impact the rate of young adults living at home?
Even before the pandemic, the rate of young adults living at home has been increasing since 1960. Why do you think that is?
Respond to the following claim with a concise and well reasoned argument: people age 18-29 living at home should pay rent.
What demographic groups do you think have had the fastest rising rate of living at home?*
Visual Extension*
Learning Extension
Read this stupid Pew Research Center report on young adults living at home.
Action Extension
Talk to your parents about where they lived when they were in the 18-29 age range.
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