Living at Home Ain't Such a Drag (on Spending): Young Adults' Spending In and Out of Their Parents' Home Accessible Data

Figure 1: The Recent Experience of Young Adults

Percent

 
Month wfam.sa.ma12 epop.sa.ma12
1978:1 NA NA
1978:2 NA NA
1978:3 NA NA
1978:4 NA NA
1978:5 NA NA
1978:6 NA NA
1978:7 NA NA
1978:8 NA NA
1978:9 NA NA
1978:10 NA NA
1978:11 NA NA
1978:12 31.89767074 70.17115298
1979:1 31.84756536 70.34427071
1979:2 31.77114385 70.52143594
1979:3 31.6831002 70.68391566
1979:4 31.62971969 70.79769516
1979:5 31.5740643 70.87771629
1979:6 31.53748998 70.92668009
1979:7 31.49140808 71.0196428
1979:8 31.44575545 71.0460759
1979:9 31.45091807 71.10089802
1979:10 31.44186645 71.08803165
1979:11 31.4597928 71.10111541
1979:12 31.47227786 71.11459525
1980:1 31.47227764 71.11519989
1980:2 31.4877374 71.09731806
1980:3 31.53309831 71.03768167
1980:4 31.5806532 70.92866251
1980:5 31.64022214 70.78452185
1980:6 31.68332863 70.58327044
1980:7 31.75135229 70.36902725
1980:8 31.83278128 70.20729757
1980:9 31.89394465 70.01959173
1980:10 31.96903412 69.8875879
1980:11 32.0332502 69.75209722
1980:12 32.13807068 69.61196707
1981:1 32.24290472 69.49759259
1981:2 32.35252715 69.39101741
1981:3 32.42322791 69.34454138
1981:4 32.49222036 69.35674634
1981:5 32.57214675 69.37787273
1981:6 32.63383913 69.39818257
1981:7 32.73275783 69.43721539
1981:8 32.81871901 69.45848202
1981:9 32.95317473 69.44385196
1981:10 33.07007396 69.41537086
1981:11 33.15566932 69.35343426
1981:12 33.22517634 69.23174171
1982:1 33.29620056 69.12536575
1982:2 33.36649513 69.01135635
1982:3 33.44447396 68.86270109
1982:4 33.54515918 68.66518757
1982:5 33.61568388 68.51441322
1982:6 33.71916966 68.34921879
1982:7 33.79577597 68.16400128
1982:8 33.87178167 68.03018105
1982:9 33.94646572 67.884765
1982:10 34.00677432 67.70363356
1982:11 34.08865484 67.54345502
1982:12 34.15965209 67.4451208
1983:1 34.24890595 67.31003351
1983:2 34.37605549 67.17577221
1983:3 34.51620678 67.07007626
1983:4 34.62375932 67.02295995
1983:5 34.75582031 66.95058728
1983:6 34.87943583 67.03367092
1983:7 34.96010636 67.1588813
1983:8 35.061481 67.24590902
1983:9 35.10995959 67.38101106
1983:10 35.159211 67.53888025
1983:11 35.2055701 67.75112011
1983:12 35.27698144 67.97229537
1984:1 35.33420317 68.22457796
1984:2 35.31123471 68.50771593
1984:3 35.27851081 68.77609013
1984:4 35.23345431 69.03777832
1984:5 35.16072922 69.35305474
1984:6 35.09553521 69.62347669
1984:7 35.04871556 69.83260584
1984:8 34.97580115 69.99258773
1984:9 34.9205377 70.16768006
1984:10 34.86539662 70.37911058
1984:11 34.80437795 70.53207215
1984:12 34.70683299 70.68072654
1985:1 34.61790468 70.82558167
1985:2 34.54527743 70.92627114
1985:3 34.48766249 71.04062535
1985:4 34.42676619 71.14660399
1985:5 34.39105655 71.20246973
1985:6 34.34378124 71.17230336
1985:7 34.26325098 71.18361712
1985:8 34.18425063 71.21933282
1985:9 34.10428737 71.32326075
1985:10 34.03625687 71.39258053
1985:11 33.97780449 71.46624263
1985:12 33.92310727 71.57195039
1986:1 33.8514628 71.63859742
1986:2 33.79667919 71.71656268
1986:3 33.73167947 71.80110219
1986:4 33.69694396 71.84352566
1986:5 33.64793358 71.88075516
1986:6 33.60658451 71.96268439
1986:7 33.61116656 72.01710829
1986:8 33.6244142 72.11125023
1986:9 33.65945195 72.12842459
1986:10 33.65655354 72.17289948
1986:11 33.64563255 72.23631721
1986:12 33.63159521 72.24996048
1987:1 33.65860163 72.28074505
1987:2 33.68671381 72.35684022
1987:3 33.70654062 72.41010688
1987:4 33.72066505 72.5128003
1987:5 33.71610921 72.63635563
1987:6 33.71050329 72.6974325
1987:7 33.69588985 72.80448388
1987:8 33.67300689 72.92545477
1987:9 33.63720121 73.01136665
1987:10 33.62200557 73.08907278
1987:11 33.56418583 73.16359522
1987:12 33.54386642 73.24489128
1988:1 33.4808871 73.36657429
1988:2 33.43163705 73.46345902
1988:3 33.42829227 73.51562694
1988:4 33.41985048 73.57025121
1988:5 33.44995108 73.59873171
1988:6 33.49603423 73.68484906
1988:7 33.52619062 73.74733766
1988:8 33.54944375 73.77848282
1988:9 33.54687832 73.84294381
1988:10 33.5624933 73.88930057
1988:11 33.60424099 73.89648131
1988:12 33.64421792 73.95419507
1989:1 33.66902475 73.98160283
1989:2 33.67127456 74.01384131
1989:3 33.60764591 74.08565967
1989:4 33.52548217 74.12338936
1989:5 33.47178401 74.1492164
1989:6 33.43965395 74.18815393
1989:7 33.40735459 74.23311211
1989:8 33.39639387 74.28863562
1989:9 33.37453809 74.29770283
1989:10 33.33789875 74.29370344
1989:11 33.36969176 74.33327677
1989:12 33.37277752 74.30508029
1990:1 33.48118661 74.26426391
1990:2 33.59575459 74.20043871
1990:3 33.71921933 74.14010873
1990:4 33.85540752 74.0785377
1990:5 33.95005244 74.04047323
1990:6 33.99987375 73.97373093
1990:7 34.07228069 73.84145223
1990:8 34.13361704 73.68559394
1990:9 34.23877186 73.56509911
1990:10 34.37277998 73.47386425
1990:11 34.4850466 73.32645218
1990:12 34.58672627 73.20219678
1991:1 34.60973963 73.05834916
1991:2 34.64019726 72.89750992
1991:3 34.68335868 72.72515536
1991:4 34.74487803 72.60469942
1991:5 34.78759098 72.42601428
1991:6 34.8018882 72.2143706
1991:7 34.81731023 72.04725825
1991:8 34.82625252 71.89422327
1991:9 34.85995762 71.75424288
1991:10 34.90621712 71.60520032
1991:11 34.92079512 71.4987609
1991:12 34.94620181 71.37882108
1992:1 34.94781069 71.29041149
1992:2 34.94822556 71.21683921
1992:3 34.95431051 71.15769692
1992:4 34.97956009 71.07942863
1992:5 35.01468607 71.05724366
1992:6 35.0720995 71.04409688
1992:7 35.12530478 71.06387916
1992:8 35.18681602 71.07617424
1992:9 35.24648027 71.08942811
1992:10 35.26812908 71.08296742
1992:11 35.28044354 71.0837802
1992:12 35.30071003 71.1218444
1993:1 35.29119891 71.15651925
1993:2 35.2695461 71.16986881
1993:3 35.25880241 71.20608575
1993:4 35.20925628 71.20823343
1993:5 35.19193364 71.21598772
1993:6 35.18136789 71.26413066
1993:7 35.17223625 71.30958384
1993:8 35.15205822 71.35969925
1993:9 35.06967321 71.3964302
1993:10 35.00113232 71.47110254
1993:11 34.9403773 71.52703815
1993:12 34.90000871 71.58421097
1994:1 34.94924114 71.58257232
1994:2 35.00011605 71.64569111
1994:3 35.05926268 71.67903223
1994:4 35.09469028 71.73010396
1994:5 35.10856905 71.78838279
1994:6 35.12595713 71.8589277
1994:7 35.13162141 71.88493263
1994:8 35.13843998 71.96289223
1994:9 35.1413619 72.04222482
1994:10 35.14398561 72.10891277
1994:11 35.1218145 72.21604941
1994:12 35.0916875 72.29578339
1995:1 35.02142671 72.44711879
1995:2 34.97250486 72.58257898
1995:3 34.88113683 72.70997376
1995:4 34.83926653 72.83600979
1995:5 34.77282994 72.90270438
1995:6 34.74636286 72.95068861
1995:7 34.71924781 73.04766508
1995:8 34.72116493 73.10511696
1995:9 34.7628276 73.10132022
1995:10 34.75804361 73.11441802
1995:11 34.83839621 73.09450393
1995:12 34.84868021 73.05779393
1996:1 34.8720432 73.00850302
1996:2 34.85769275 72.95512655
1996:3 34.86424867 72.92391988
1996:4 34.84921888 72.89791869
1996:5 34.84528172 72.93806085
1996:6 34.8373949 72.95065622
1996:7 34.83923736 72.94888703
1996:8 34.84143947 72.93430872
1996:9 34.85130514 73.01619689
1996:10 34.87243995 73.06918496
1996:11 34.81642103 73.09955107
1996:12 34.76656904 73.16803334
1997:1 34.76550203 73.19875878
1997:2 34.79698431 73.21912591
1997:3 34.85680364 73.28378953
1997:4 34.96886889 73.34712997
1997:5 35.05192872 73.40561994
1997:6 35.08142189 73.45452071
1997:7 35.1089647 73.52223131
1997:8 35.11515456 73.59524519
1997:9 35.11567534 73.62579156
1997:10 35.1406313 73.67101705
1997:11 35.19715375 73.75312312
1997:12 35.32010819 73.82459305
1998:1 35.34422563 73.95068107
1998:2 35.38605021 74.06842942
1998:3 35.39705461 74.14527856
1998:4 35.36454867 74.20959837
1998:5 35.36561361 74.26684987
1998:6 35.37639992 74.34650861
1998:7 35.42259281 74.37241555
1998:8 35.4277651 74.41774067
1998:9 35.42355125 74.48121736
1998:10 35.43002658 74.52391342
1998:11 35.44201058 74.57203306
1998:12 35.470999 74.60224118
1999:1 35.54242496 74.61246583
1999:2 35.58950853 74.62693757
1999:3 35.63638748 74.60269753
1999:4 35.67548936 74.54469422
1999:5 35.71776737 74.5323617
1999:6 35.75036689 74.49798402
1999:7 35.73531812 74.51023906
1999:8 35.73160312 74.49549518
1999:9 35.74683987 74.46561446
1999:10 35.77775646 74.45386913
1999:11 35.80090953 74.43920974
1999:12 35.84247797 74.44778409
2000:1 35.85864861 74.48417344
2000:2 35.86109843 74.48088376
2000:3 35.868399 74.51458904
2000:4 35.86139527 74.63039743
2000:5 35.81008605 74.65797024
2000:6 35.81807984 74.71517082
2000:7 35.81808027 74.71866281
2000:8 35.86625558 74.75776409
2000:9 35.88498981 74.75695522
2000:10 35.86757735 74.78056163
2000:11 35.84190073 74.77400656
2000:12 35.74854977 74.77680319
2001:1 35.68915455 74.72660903
2001:2 35.65403084 74.73121025
2001:3 35.60358537 74.68666821
2001:4 35.58247978 74.54302749
2001:5 35.60569811 74.40548641
2001:6 35.62039095 74.24302583
2001:7 35.6333452 74.1274626
2001:8 35.64565689 73.91905665
2001:9 35.70884961 73.79521091
2001:10 35.74875091 73.58778919
2001:11 35.80839248 73.37898958
2001:12 35.85163415 73.10894531
2002:1 35.87610556 72.80803623
2002:2 35.86449324 72.53271782
2002:3 35.85906256 72.30672533
2002:4 35.83640965 72.14741475
2002:5 35.83878259 72.06655934
2002:6 35.81135129 71.95243125
2002:7 35.83742391 71.81486522
2002:8 35.80993132 71.75685146
2002:9 35.71376007 71.65878823
2002:10 35.67568647 71.58192373
2002:11 35.62648368 71.4735796
2002:12 35.61917894 71.43179201
2003:1 35.59380487 71.43184692
2003:2 35.60349612 71.42672279
2003:3 35.64111054 71.35703418
2003:4 35.70590839 71.26760479
2003:5 35.74722896 71.13576508
2003:6 35.77815618 71.03237864
2003:7 35.7665459 70.92846736
2003:8 35.75208614 70.80018595
2003:9 35.75100504 70.67157427
2003:10 35.75003723 70.57894197
2003:11 35.72806419 70.53126867
2003:12 35.72175549 70.45839554
2004:1 35.75579764 70.40643199
2004:2 35.78610528 70.30556056
2004:3 35.81816017 70.2566675
2004:4 35.80704625 70.26859882
2004:5 35.79046524 70.2596298
2004:6 35.76975043 70.27701751
2004:7 35.78042554 70.30101546
2004:8 35.84437532 70.34164388
2004:9 35.91621931 70.35900865
2004:10 35.98143801 70.4026618
2004:11 36.02700788 70.44974291
2004:12 36.04434996 70.50871988
2005:1 36.01683423 70.56163307
2005:2 35.94743227 70.60147767
2005:3 35.89141174 70.59490535
2005:4 35.85325988 70.58730226
2005:5 35.86211802 70.61137382
2005:6 35.89879863 70.64177337
2005:7 35.94222673 70.70159299
2005:8 35.96351444 70.74925986
2005:9 36.00923872 70.82052606
2005:10 36.05479673 70.87216232
2005:11 36.08551063 70.93029348
2005:12 36.12588743 70.95996634
2006:1 36.1751432 70.9944133
2006:2 36.2285511 71.08169645
2006:3 36.29244506 71.2233969
2006:4 36.37729399 71.27987021
2006:5 36.38761805 71.36333205
2006:6 36.38692108 71.40481885
2006:7 36.3412428 71.43426505
2006:8 36.34900352 71.51893866
2006:9 36.29410897 71.57214505
2006:10 36.20780548 71.62413566
2006:11 36.21722439 71.62487673
2006:12 36.18353855 71.67717234
2007:1 36.21792537 71.72886014
2007:2 36.28625654 71.73498256
2007:3 36.30455998 71.75416432
2007:4 36.3256933 71.76984748
2007:5 36.32978774 71.73543122
2007:6 36.35214526 71.74094099
2007:7 36.36927096 71.72652906
2007:8 36.35351417 71.63303046
2007:9 36.41240436 71.5853476
2007:10 36.49189768 71.52307459
2007:11 36.53338125 71.52301698
2007:12 36.6385328 71.44573478
2008:1 36.70935134 71.37349043
2008:2 36.79398054 71.28921809
2008:3 36.87842838 71.18276123
2008:4 36.9484624 71.13945459
2008:5 37.11131033 71.06899323
2008:6 37.23860798 70.97490978
2008:7 37.39996735 70.85694189
2008:8 37.54627127 70.75323617
2008:9 37.65464029 70.59515441
2008:10 37.78042237 70.40153662
2008:11 37.92046974 70.1835571
2008:12 38.03940271 69.97703658
2009:1 38.13954791 69.68022708
2009:2 38.24145831 69.37232795
2009:3 38.33266289 69.03759661
2009:4 38.41501584 68.65313171
2009:5 38.48293786 68.21373651
2009:6 38.56123498 67.80317376
2009:7 38.64415739 67.43464436
2009:8 38.76875507 67.02310087
2009:9 38.88527553 66.63118235
2009:10 38.9617479 66.24218723
2009:11 39.02568142 65.8583218
2009:12 39.05671386 65.49665667
2010:1 39.11621361 65.21607626
2010:2 39.17156265 64.98977881
2010:3 39.27660696 64.78956157
2010:4 39.37356263 64.62560423
2010:5 39.42415219 64.56778817
2010:6 39.4872137 64.49194905
2010:7 39.55350172 64.41213073
2010:8 39.60068044 64.43134535
2010:9 39.60572226 64.43675454
2010:10 39.65258397 64.47846486
2010:11 39.67508883 64.50244397
2010:12 39.73978183 64.53350334
2011:1 39.78688277 64.57579062
2011:2 39.80775846 64.60483194
2011:3 39.81848952 64.6625415
2011:4 39.83764448 64.67021212
2011:5 39.89055707 64.65750452
2011:6 39.93967509 64.60206103
2011:7 39.98580657 64.5191837
2011:8 40.03098397 64.46637929
2011:9 40.12539246 64.44173538
2011:10 40.21492601 64.43201921
2011:11 40.32125823 64.43524764
2011:12 40.42181114 64.44201934
2012:1 40.52347918 64.44427415
2012:2 40.62154284 64.47039571
2012:3 40.70610483 64.47926937
2012:4 40.81103668 64.54398376
2012:5 40.88178599 64.60807138
2012:6 40.94908508 64.71920319
2012:7 40.96746165 64.85670571
2012:8 40.96594086 64.89244313
2012:9 40.99144668 64.97574574
2012:10 41.01449062 65.05942021
2012:11 41.04921105 65.16395745
2012:12 41.01915284 65.23774638
2013:1 40.99729619 65.30198118
2013:2 40.98977821 65.31857642
2013:3 40.96069769 65.32157306
2013:4 40.95224428 65.31337717
2013:5 40.96951093 65.32442258
2013:6 41.00119932 65.34343291
2013:7 41.05787079 65.37707485
2013:8 41.10542592 65.44342169
2013:9 41.15620678 65.52680131
2013:10 41.18690046 65.52031658
2013:11 41.21343639 65.52219225
2013:12 41.29397838 65.57905209
2014:1 41.34510053 65.62662816
2014:2 41.39281426 65.66183311
2014:3 41.45056256 65.76260043
2014:4 41.45647673 65.85547045
2014:5 41.46445201 65.94846802
2014:6 41.46876695 66.0511243
2014:7 41.49899685 66.12797011
2014:8 41.50860143 66.20827605
2014:9 41.45869722 66.23356331
2014:10 41.42690441 66.39293933
2014:11 41.35865046 66.5356164
2014:12 41.30367117 66.62848719
2015:1 41.26220707 66.72375777
2015:2 41.25310694 66.86976926
2015:3 41.23440498 66.93571376
2015:4 41.22038297 67.03253
2015:5 41.2046225 67.16070782
2015:6 41.15159264 67.24022103
2015:7 41.09752514 67.3075704
2015:8 41.06991786 67.4453195
2015:9 41.07335191 67.52487894
2015:10 41.03182167 67.54896756
2015:11 41.02564996 67.57224688
2015:12 41.01730201 67.64820327
2016:1 41.01812928 67.76383237
2016:2 41.0399493 67.86062848
2016:3 41.03873119 67.99459056
2016:4 41.01831339 68.09449337
2016:5 40.9734887 68.16250203
2016:6 40.93561144 68.25135551
2016:7 40.88110601 68.35776647
2016:8 40.83376446 68.4663713
2016:9 40.79039451 68.56499492
2016:10 40.79883189 68.61109093
2016:11 40.8384021 68.70919718
2016:12 40.81882407 68.80456136
2017:1 40.78476924 68.88899077
2017:2 40.70279574 68.97989219
2017:3 40.6451761 69.06798377
2017:4 40.64940198 69.16406779
2017:5 40.66712381 69.20351629
2017:6 40.72554929 69.25656846
2017:7 40.77449975 69.35992532
2017:8 40.83846789 69.38484304
2017:9 40.9058108 69.52945408
2017:10 40.96070003 69.67362209
2017:11 41.05916848 69.75944716
2017:12 41.12801423 69.80455502
2018:1 41.17453763 69.83720007
2018:2 41.19208365 69.89319515
2018:3 41.16334907 69.94614761
2018:4 41.12803892 69.98283751
2018:5 41.11502025 70.07129888
2018:6 41.10229264 70.15776622
2018:7 41.08996511 70.20585356
2018:8 41.01573791 70.22729983
2018:9 40.97390634 70.2330928

Source: Current Population Survey, 12-month moving average. “Young adults” include ages 18 to 32. “Family” includes parents but also grandparents, older siblings, and others.

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Figure 2: Combining subfamily with adult child in PSID data

Figure 2 is a flowchart explaining how families are combined in the PSID data and compared across waves of the survey. The panel on the left shows a downward arrow from a box labeled “Family living together” to “Family in next wave” denoting a family for which no adult child has moved out between waves. The panel on the right shows two arrows from the “Family = ‘Subfamily’ + ‘Adult Child’ living together” box to two boxes labeled “Subfamily in next wave” and “Adult Child in next wave” respectively denoting an adult child that has moved out to form their own household in the subsequent wave. The latter two boxes in the right panel have a blue dashed box surrounding them which is labeled “Combined family in next wave” denoting the fact that we sum variables across these families to create a hypothetical “combined” family in the second wave.

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Figure 3: Estimated Responses to Moving Out

 
Category Labels Dollar Response Percent Response Dollar Response Standard Error Percent Response Standard Error
Total Consumption 12939.236 30.413199 792.78551 1.855346
Housing 5462.8812 38.136052 300.69847 1.975028
Transportation 3168.8758 33.447751 229.59289 2.786119
Food 2913.4653 42.564856 93.60071 1.949266
Utilities 899.75269 26.105802 38.212967 1.850187
Clothing 737.76624 55.235173 105.49551 3.909917
Education 389.72353 17.174161 134.27 8.54904
Other Recreation 345.47474 55.51236 68.250179 4.900267
Trips 285.86065 19.607332 80.96845 5.37329
Furniture 161.78944 33.668832 152.45873 7.273698
Healthcare 132.23293 1.229507 82.858976 4.561238
Home repairs/improvements 19.724182 -4.463984 207.26092 9.210789
Childcare -94.858101 29.090411 44.963085 13.968621

Note: Whiskers show 95 percent confidence bands around the point estimates represented by the dots.

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Last Update: February 05, 2019