What Is It About 20-Somethings?

Robin Marantz Henig in The New York Times reports on the trend you yourself may have noticed lately: that a large percentage of twenty-somethings don't seem to be settling down at the same rate that this age group has done in the past. What you may not know is that some sociologiists and psychologists are calling upon social scientists to create a new age classification for the twenties (dare we say, tweenagers?) called emerging adults. The essay from the Times Magazine reports extentively on this trend, which is clearly supported by statistics showing higher age at marriage, higher rates of twenty-somethings living with their parents, more different jobs during the twenties, etc.