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boomerang generation  

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  • The Boomerang Generation refers to a trend in North America of young adult children, generally between the ages of 18 and 30, returning home to reside with their middle-aged parents in greater numbers than young adults in previous generations. Tied closely to social psychological life course theory, the concept offers a visual metaphor of young adults who “boomerang”—returning to and leaving the family home on several occasions before forming their own households. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Boomerang Generation]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-BQKFVN1H-S

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