Practice question · Estimate
Estimate the mean age at which young people leave the parental home in Spain, on recent Eurostat figures.
Estimate on a scale from 18 years (18) to 40 years (40).
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- It is several years above the EU average of around 26.
- Spain is among the highest in the European Union.
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30 (answers within ±2 count)
Why
Around 30. Housing costs, insecure early careers and the absence of a rental market oriented to young households are the usual explanations, and they matter more than any preference for family closeness: surveys consistently find young Spaniards wanting to leave earlier than they do.
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