Times Are Tougher for Today's Young Adults % saying is harder/easier/about generation the same for today's young adults than
The combined challenges of paying for college, and finding a job after graduation, has made times tougher for today’s young adults. Paying for college is also viewed as a greater challenge today than it was in the past. Fully 71% of all adults say it’s harder for today’s young people to pay for college than it was for their parents’ generation. (See “How Today’s Economy is Affecting Young Adults.”)
Times Are Tougher for Today's Young Adults  | % saying is harder/easier/about generation the same for today's young adults than  | itwasfor their parents' generation  | Same  | Harder  | Easier  | 12  | Finding a job  | 82  | 15  | Paying for college  | 71  | Getting finto college  | 41  | 33  | 25  | Notes: Based on all adults N=2 048 "Don't know/Refused" responses not shown.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER Q10 