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Re:Why can't today's young adults leave the nest? Blame high... by ozr on Saturday January 13, 2024 @09:17PM (#38986772)
This is cute, but not data. When you look at actual data, it shows that it actually has changed over time. There is a gradual rise in the labor force participation rate as more women enter the workforce, up until a peak in ~2001. It's been dropping ever since.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CIVPART

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Re:Why can't today's young adults leave the nest? Blame high... by wvenable on Saturday January 13, 2024 @09:22PM (#38986802)
Depends on which data you look at:

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS11300060

That seems like very little change.

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Re:Why can't today's young adults leave the nest? Blame high... by ozr on Saturday January 13, 2024 @09:40PM (#38986900)
Excluding people 16-24 would definitely remove the vast majority of the population addressed above.
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Re:Why can't today's young adults leave the nest? Blame high... by wvenable on Sunday January 14, 2024 @12:30AM (#38987797)
The largest drop appears to be the in 16 to 19 age group -- hardly the group trying to be independent. Outside of that group it again doesn't seem very different.
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