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Boomerang generation is a term applied to the current generation of young adults in Western culture.〔Sharon Jayson (Analysis: 'Boomerang' generation mostly hype ) USA Today 3/14/2007〕〔MICHELLE HIRSCH,(The Boomerang Generation: More Reasons to Move Back Home ) June 12, 2010 The Fiscal Times〕 They are so named for the frequency with which they choose to cohabitate with their parents after previously living on their own– thus boomeranging back to their place of origin. This cohabitation can take many forms, ranging from situations that mirror the high dependency of pre-adulthood to highly independent, separate-household arrangements. The term can be used to indicate only those members of this age-set that actually do return home, not the whole generation. In as much as home-leaving practices differ by economic class, the term is most meaningfully applied to members of the middle class. ==Introduction== The parental expectation of having an "empty nest", traditional in the United States and some other industrialized cultures, has increasingly given way in the 1990s and 2000s to the reality of a "cluttered nest" or "crowded nest". The latter term was popularized by Kathleen Shaputis's 2004 book ''The Crowded Nest Syndrome: Surviving the Return of Adult Children'',〔Shaputis, Kathleen. ''The Crowded Nest Syndrome: Surviving the Return of Adult Children''. Clutter Fairy Publishing, 2004. Print. ISBN 978-0-9726727-0-2〕 which takes a critical view of the trend. University of Western Ontario professor Roderic Beaujot discusses the phenomenon of delayed home-leaving at length. He cites Canadian census statistics showing that, in 1981, 27.5% of Canadians aged 20–29 lived with their parents; in 2001, the figure had grown to 41%.〔(Delayed Life Transitions: Trends and Implications ) accessed on June 9, 2007〕 In the United States the proportion of adults ages 20 to 34 living with their parents has increased from 9% in 1960 to almost 17% in 2000.〔Fields J. and L.M. Casper, ''America's families and living arrangements'', 2000, US Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, as cited in Nijole Benokratis, ''Marriages and Families'', 6th edition, Pearson, 2008, p.371〕 However, US census data also suggest that the rate at which adult children have been living with parents has been steady since 1981.〔(Families and Living Arrangements, table AD-1 ) accessed on June 9, 2007〕)The U.S. Census Bureau reported a 5 percent point increase in the number of young men (ages 24–34) living with their parents for the period between 2005 (14%) and 2011 (19%). For the same period, the number of young women living with their parents increased from 8% in 2005 to 10% in 2011.〔(Boomerang generation: U.S. Census shows more young adults moving in with parents )〕) The 18th through 21st birthdays of this generation coincide with the economic downturn starting with the collapse of the stock market bubble in 2000. This led to rising unemployment until 2004, the same time this generation was entering the workforce after high school or college graduation. Additionally, in the new economy, where globalisation-induced phenomena like outsourcing have eliminated many jobs,〔(Jobs moving overseas ) accessed on January 29, 2007〕〔(U.S. underestimates jobs lost to outsourcing, labor experts assert ) from Cornell News accessed on January 29, 2007〕〔(Job outsourcing 'serious problem' ) from the Washington Times accessed on January 29, 2007〕〔(Bureau of Labor Statistics grossly underestimates U.S. jobs lost to outsourcing ) from Cornell News accessed on January 29, 2007〕 real wages have fallen over the last twenty years,〔(Amid Plenty, the Wage Gap Widens ) from the Milken Institute accessed on January 29, 2007〕〔(When It Comes to Pay, It Helps to Be the One Signing the Checks ) from the New York Times accessed on January 29, 2007〕〔( Is Youth Worse Off Than Two Decades Ago? ) from the Parliament of Australia accessed on January 29, 2007〕 and a college degree no longer ensures job stability.〔(Is Job Stability in the US Falling? Reconciling Trends in the Current Population Survey and Panel Study of Income Dynamics ) from the Social Science Research Network accessed on January 29, 2007〕〔(College graduates in non-college jobs: Theory and evidence ) accessed on January 29, 2007〕 Additionally, with the recent economic crisis hitting much of the world, many young people were either laid off or could no longer afford to live on their own. Moving back home allows them the option of unpaid internships and additional schooling without the burden of paying rent at market rates (or paying rent at all). This generation differs from previous ones in that many members expect to remain with their parents for some years while maintaining their own social and professional lives. Home-leaving remains a priority for most in the Boomerang Generation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「boomerang generation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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