Young Israelis who live with their parents are rising steeply, even before Covid

Of the 1.96 million young people between the ages of 18 and 34 living in Israel in 2018, according to a survey by the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, 978,000, exactly half of them, were living without a partner or children with their parents. 42% live with their families and 7% live alone or share an apartment. The number of young people living with their parents was increasing in 2018, in both the Jewish and Arab sectors, and it is likely that this number has grown even more since the Covid-19 crisis left many young people unemployed. Young men serving in the military are considered to live with their parents, although in practice they may spend most of their time living on military bases. The Central Bureau of Statistics found that 56% of young people between the ages of 18 and 34 who live at home are men and only 44% are women. As age increases, the percentage of young people living with their parents decreases. Young Arab Israelis were 1.6 times more likely to live at home than young Israeli Jews. In 2000, 35.5% of young Israeli Jews between the ages of 25 and 29 lived with their parents, while in 2018 this number increased to 40.3%. In 2000, 17.6% of young Israeli Jews between the ages of 25 and 29 lived with their parents, while in 2018 this number increased to 26.9%. The rise was steeper in the Arab Israeli community. 50.2% of Arab men between the ages of 25 and 29 lived with their parents in 2000, and that increased to 66.4% in 2018. The survey found that 23.9% of Arab Israeli women between the ages of 25 and 29 lived with their parents. In 2000, this increased to 33% in 2018. The more religious the family, the more likely young people are to live at home with their parents. Posted by Globes, Israel business news – en.globes.co.il – on February 24, 2021 © Copyright Globes Publisher Itonut (1983) Ltd. 2021