The economic situation of young people living with their parents has changed over the course of the last ten years. In 2005, some 44% of young people who lived with their parents were studying, against nearly 60% in 2015. In 2005, some 40% of them worked, more than double the figure ten years later (17%).
In recent years, suicidal behaviours among young people have become
consolidated as one of the main causes of non-natural deaths in this age
group. This study analyses the prevalence of such behaviours and the
associated risk and protection factors in students aged between 16 and 22
years in Catalonia.
Do adolescents enjoy urban green spaces? According to this study, only
11.6% visit them daily, and those who are more socially vulnerable visit
them less.
According to this study, 7 out of 10 adolescents were subjected to sexual
comments and insults. Sexual aggression rates among boys doubled those
among girls, both in person and online.
The cheque bebé was a payment designed to incentivise the birth rate,
however its effect was limited. Although it helped some families to decide,
difficulty in reconciling work and motherhood has continued to be the main
obstacle to having more children.
Work-life balance policies that strengthen job stability can contribute to
increasing fertility by improving compatibility between work and
motherhood, but they also pose challenges for female recruitment.
Households in Spain and Portugal underwent significant change between 1991
and 2022. This report shows how the average household size has decreased,
the number of single-person households has increased, and shared living
structures have undergone transformation according to age and gender.