According to the survey conducted by
One in seven (14 per cent) said they felt grown up when they got married and one in eight (12 per cent) on getting their first job.
Of the nine in 10 adults who consider themselves grown up, the transition took place for half in their 20s, a fifth in their 30s and one in 20 in their 40s.
The trend for
According to a poll conducted by
About 60% of those surveyed are planning on switching career fields at least once in their working lives, while 65% say their current job is not in the field they hope to be in 10 years from now, the poll found, making this generation of emerging adults less complacent about their working situation than those in the past. In addition to work opportunities, millennials are feeling less prepared about handling their own money. About 66% say they feel uncertain about navigating personal finances, though 73% say they feel prepared to handle the responsibilities of daily life.
“They’re taking longer to grow up,” Jeff Arnett, director of the poll, said about millennials whom he refers to as “emerging adults.”