Some 20% of the youngsters who left home at the beginning of this century moved back home within five years, according to new figures from the national statistics office CBS,

In the 1990s, some 15% returned home and in the 1970s just 10%, the research shows.
The break up of a relationship and dropping out of college or university are the most common reasons for returning home.
‘It used to be that youngsters left home if they were getting married. Now they live together first and that is less final,’ a CBS spokesman said.