About half of the young people aged 34-18 lived with their parents in 2018, according to data published today (Wednesday) by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) and dealing with the living patterns of young people in Israel. However, the data do not include the last year, according to estimates Many returned to live with their parents, due to the economic crisis over the corona.
According to CBS data, in 2018, 1.96 million young people aged 34-18 lived in Israeli households, and about 978,000 of them lived with their parents, without a spouse or children of their own. About 830,000 of the young people (42%) They lived with their own family (with this daughter, or their children) and about 127,000 lived without a family in a non-family household – alone or with partners.
The CBS noted that in the years 2018-2000 there was an increase in the proportion of young people living with their parents (without a spouse, or with their own children) and at the same time there was a decrease in the proportion of young people living with their own family. The data also show that these patterns were observed in both the Jewish and Arab populations, but in the Arab population the changes were more rapid.
As mentioned, the increase in the rate of young people living with their parents was probably also due to the sharp rise in housing prices for buying and renting, starting in 2008, since according to CBS data, housing prices rose 2.1 times on average between 2000 and 2018.
Spouses in the apartment, illustration (Photo: Ingeimag)The data also show that about 96% of the young people who lived with their parents, without a spouse, or children of their own, were single. The proportion of young men living with their parents was higher than the proportion of young women – 56% and 44%, respectively. Also, with increasing age, there is a decrease in the proportion of young people living with their parents – about 83% of those aged 24-18, lived with their parents compared to 13% of those aged 34-30.
Data from the Central Bureau of Statistics show that the proportion of Arab men aged 34-25 who lived with their parents was 1.6 times higher than the proportion of Jewish men. In addition, the proportion of Arab women aged 29-25, who lived with their parents, was 1.2 times higher than Jewish women, and between the ages of 34-30, the rate was 1.4 times higher. In addition, the rate of young people aged 34-25, living with their parents, in 2018 was 32% of men and about 18% of women in Israel.
The CBS noted that, compared to OECD countries, Israel is relatively in the middle. 7 times more secular and traditional young people, at the same age, as well as young people aged 34-25 unemployed, lived more with their parents (36%), while among the employed the rate was 23%
The lowest rate is found in the Scandinavian countries (less than 10% of men and less than 5% of women) and the highest rate is found in Italy, Slovakia and Greece (more than 50% of men and over 40% of women).