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Population mobility has decreased over the past decades, the median american lives 18 miles from their mother, and only 20% of Americans live more than a couple
by msabalau 10y ago
Population mobility has decreased over the past decades, the median american lives 18 miles from their mother, and only 20% of Americans live more than a couple hours away from their parents. (NYT Upshot 12/23/15).
Perhaps the fact that 64% of the women were dealing with unemployment suggests a different stressor.
- flubert 10y ago>Perhaps the fact that 64% of the women were dealing with unemployment suggests a different stressor. It would be interesting to know the breakdown of voluntary vs. unvoluntary unemployment for the "self-harm" group, and the control group.
- r00fus 10y agoIt would also be interesting to know if "voluntary unemployment" was due to a family-toxic work-life balance from employers (ie, not choosing to work because working would mean 100% childcare time which may not be offset by the e.g. minimum wage income).
- slavik81 10y agoIf you are voluntarily out of work, you are not unemployed. The definition includes only those who are seeking employment.
- paulddraper 10y agoMobility (proportion of people who move in a year) has decreased 1-2% every decade for the last 60 years. http://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/newsroom/releases/2015/cb15-47_cpsgraphic.pdf http://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/newsroom/releases/2... That doesn't mean that they aren't just moving from apartment to apartment, staying 800 miles from Mom the whole time. I can't find the numbers right now, but I believe the number of Americans living close to home is decreasing.