[msabalau]

Population mobility has decreased over the past decades, the median american lives 18 miles from their mother, and only 20% of Americans live more than a couple hours away from their parents. (NYT Upshot 12/23/15).

Perhaps the fact that 64% of the women were dealing with unemployment suggests a different stressor.

[flubert]

>Perhaps the fact that 64% of the women were dealing with unemployment suggests a different stressor.

It would be interesting to know the breakdown of voluntary vs. unvoluntary unemployment for the "self-harm" group, and the control group.

[r00fus]

It would also be interesting to know if "voluntary unemployment" was due to a family-toxic work-life balance from employers (ie, not choosing to work because working would mean 100% childcare time which may not be offset by the e.g. minimum wage income).

[slavik81]

If you are voluntarily out of work, you are not unemployed. The definition includes only those who are seeking employment.

[paulddraper]

Mobility (proportion of people who move in a year) has decreased 1-2% every decade for the last 60 years.

http://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/newsroom/releases/2...

That doesn't mean that they aren't just moving from apartment to apartment, staying 800 miles from Mom the whole time.

I can't find the numbers right now, but I believe the number of Americans living close to home is decreasing.