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% p3 v1 L4 w- }$ u+ T- @5 e( TYouth Emancipation in Spain
( Q3 q3 T. l# h xThe Spanish Government is so worried about the number of young adults still living with their parents that it has decided to help them leave the nest.
+ X4 Y' H: Q4 U4 h+ R4 TAround 55 per cent of people aged 18-34 in Spain still sleep in their parents' homes, says the latest report from the country's state-run Institute of Youth.
2 l6 O j8 o1 ]To coax(劝诱)young people from their homes, the institute started a "Youth Emancipation(解放) programme this month. The programme offers guidance in finding rooms and jobs.
" Q) T* Z5 V$ [ D K' tEconomists blame young people's family dependence on the precarious(不稳定的) labour market and increasing housing prices. Housing prices have risen 17 per cent a year since 2000.
8 i3 O V/ N* o' xCultural reasons also contribute to the problem, say sociologists. Family ties in south Europe - Italy, Portugal and Greece - are stronger than those in middle and north Europe, said Spanish sociologist Almudena Moreno Minguez in her report "The Late Emancipation of Spanish Youth: Keys for Understanding".+ {5 W. D4 a* H
"In general, young people in Spain firmly believe in the family as the main body around which their private life is organized," said Minguez.. R- X: B! R6 V1 v: D& T
In Spain - especially in the countryside, it is not uncommon to find entire groups of aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews(外甥/侄子) all living on the same street. They regularly get together for Sunday dinner.
- e; t. a9 _/ _+ u; e2 WParents' tolerance(宽容) is another factor. Spanish parents accept late-night partying and are wary of setting bedtime rules.2 I$ r; Y$ w$ ]) @1 p
"A child can arrive home at whatever time he wants. If parents complain he'll put up a big fight and call the father a Fascist," said Jose Antonio Gomez Yanez, a sociologist at Carlos III University in Madrid.
, ~. c9 F2 V) m l, n+ `Mothers' willingness to do children's household chores worsens the problem. Dioni-sio Masso, a 60-year-old in Madrid, has three children in their 20s. The eldest, 28, has a girlfriend and a job. But life with mum is good.
" \$ t+ d* \( }- ^"His mum does the wash and cooks for him; in the end, he lives well," Masso said. |
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