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>Japan where it is more common to find people in their 30s still living with their parents even if they are married This is driven chiefly by their confucian s

>Japan where it is more common to find people in their 30s still living with their parents even if they are married This is driven chiefly by their confucian societal value system rather than economics though. The wives (who are almost always the ones who have to "move in" to the family) mostly hate the experience. Living with family while single (regardless of age or gender, but especially if you are female, since gender equality in the workplace still has a long way to go) on the other hand is primarily economically driven.

mc32 10y ago
You also have the "lost generation" of herbivore men, "parasite-singles" and housebound otakus who contribute to lots of stay-at-home-beyond-the-expiry-(grown)children precipitated by a tepid economy.
hasenj 10y ago
I think your are mistaken. Living with one's parents in most parts of the world is just the default thing to do. The whole concept of moving out for no reason at all is super weird and confusing for most cultures, and borders on a sense of abandoning one's parents.
- mamon 10y ago
  That's true for young and single. Default thing to do when getting married is to move out.
  - hasenj 10y ago
    Not necessarily. At least in Arab countries people used to get married in their parents' home. The wife would move in to the house of the husband's parents.