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Dutch youngsters stay home until their 20sThursday 10 December 2009 Dutch boys don't leave home until they are 24.2 years old, on average, according to new figures from the European statistics agency Eurostat. Girls leave slightly earlier, at 23.2 years of age. Nevertheless, the Dutch are among the youngest in Europe to leave the family nest, the figures show. Finnish youths are the first to branch out on their own, with an average age of 23.1 years. But men in Bulgaria, Slovenia and Slovakia live at home the longest, not leaving their parents until they are 31.5 years old on average. The Eurostat figures also show that the Dutch unemployment rate among youngsters with basic levels of education is the lowest in Europe, at just 6.4%. © DutchNews.nl
And where do the dutch boys aged 24.2 go from there? Gee, my parents would laugh, if i'd be laying around till age of 24. Oh, of course, I graduated Uni at the age of 21... By Jon | December 10, 2009 2:57 PM Who said they were "laying around"? Considering the average size of a Dutch house, I'm surprised kids can handle living with their parents for that long! By CW | December 10, 2009 3:13 PM Haha the size of a Dutch house, is it so bad? By Kirsten | December 11, 2009 9:22 AM haha..this makes me laugh. I have moved to the Philippines, a small apartment with 1 bedroom and small livingroom. All around me I see kids, even until older age, they live with their parents. Still the kids stay home until they get married or to unioversity. It sounds to me that this leaving of the kids is more related to the individualisation of western people then to the Dutch size of a house. By Rieks van Dijk | December 12, 2009 12:15 AM
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This sort of information could join the birth control methods;-)
By AW | December 10, 2009 2:57 PM