UK's Gen Z Faces Hardest Start to Adulthood in Decades
Analysis shows 25-year-olds struggling with housing, stagnant wages, and reduced employment
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UK data analysis reveals 25-year-olds today face unprecedented challenges: 42% live with parents, home ownership plummeted to 15%, and wages have stagnated since the early 2000s, contrasting sharply with previous generations' progress at the same age.
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Previous generations in the UK experienced more favorable economic conditions at age 25.
Young people in their 20s are facing a tougher start to adulthood than any generation in almost half a century, according to analysis of UK data on housing, employment and wealth, carried out for the BBC. More than 40% of 25-year-olds are now living with their parents, their wages have stagnated and employment has fallen, show the figures which compare key metrics for different generations at age 25 stretching back to the early 1980s. [...] Additional reporting by Phil Leake.
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- What policy changes could mitigate these challenges for Gen Z?
