https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/07/11/style/economic-anxiety-millennials.html
One reason, of course, is lack of money. They are contending with a student debt crisis and staggering racial wealth inequities. Kneecapped by the Great Recession, the average millennial in 2016

https://www.businessinsider.com/millennials-mental-health-burnout-lonely-depressed-money-stress?op=1
Millennials working outside a full-time corporate office are particularly vulnerable to depression, according to a University of Exeter review of 28,438 worker reports on mental health. The review

https://www.apa.org/topics/stress/generation-z-millennials-young-adults-worries
While strong social connections are a well-documented defense against stress, young people seem to struggle most to make them.. APA's survey found that 74% of those ages 18 to 34 and 70% of those ages 35 to 44 say it's harder to connect with people today than in the past, and 70% of 18-34-year-olds and 65% of 35-44-year-olds say they wish someone would check in with them more frequently.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/02/business/retirement-millennials-personal-finance.html
According to a survey released in December by the TransAmerica Center for Retirement Studies, 15 percent of millennials said they had taken an early withdrawal from a 401 (k) or similar plan

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/why-millennials-are-struggling
Millennials are launching their careers later and taking longer to get traction in careers that pay a living wage. It now takes the average young worker until age 30 to reach the middle of the

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2021/05/the-atlantic-daily-why-millennials-cant-grow-up/618920/
Here are four of these intragenerational discrepancies, as explained by Annie: 1. Getting hitched. "Millennials, in particular women, who have completed college are tending to get married older

https://mentalhealthfoundation.org/millennials-and-mental-health/
It is estimated that the number of millennials — young adults born between 1981 and 1996 — afflicted with a mental health condition is at 40 percent. Similar shocks have plagued previous generations. The Vietnam War and the AIDS epidemic affected the boomer generation and the silent generation, respectively. But the recent COVID-19 crisis

https://www.businessinsider.com/millennials-money-financial-economic-trauma-recession-student-debt-inflation-2022-2?op=1
By 2019, the oldest millennials had finally narrowed their 34% wealth deficit. A follow-up St. Louis Fed report found that those born in the 1980s have median wealth levels 11% below older

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/02/business/economy/33-year-olds-millennials.html
That's on the young side for homeownership. Today's population of 30- to 34-year-olds is about 700,000 people larger than the group between ages 35 and 39. Now, those people are increasingly

https://fortune.com/2022/05/18/top-concerns-of-millennials-and-gen-z/
Over a third of millennials (those born between January 1983 and December 1994) and 29% of Gen Zers (born between January 1995 and December 2003) report that cost of living is their biggest

https://www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-economy/2020/may/three-reasons-millennials-may-face-devastating-setback-covid19
But even within the millennial group, some individuals and families are more likely than others to struggle. Past research from our center and elsewhere has found that blacks, Hispanics, those without four-year college degrees and women were more likely to be struggling financially than their counterparts.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/10/millennial-burnout-happiness-at-work-gen-z-middle-management/
Millennials, who became the icon for "hustle culture" in their 20s, ... "I'm hopeful that through their experiences and struggles, they will look to address the systemic issues in the

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/02/28/most-in-the-u-s-say-young-adults-today-face-more-challenges-than-their-parents-generation-in-some-key-areas/
(Getty Images) About seven-in-ten Americans think young adults today have a harder time than their parents' generation when it comes to saving for the future (72%), paying for college (71%) and buying a home (70%), according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in October 2021.

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-pandemic-shaped-millennials-adulthood-growing-up-2021-3?op=1
Millennials' struggles with "adulting" have been long documented, but their journey into adulthood has been a challenging one thanks to a relentless affordability crisis — a macroeconomic trend

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/11/stunted-millennials-struggle-with-pandemics-effects-on-their-goals.html
Millennials ages 30 to 39 lived through the aftermath of 9/11, and were heading to college or entering the workforce during the recession of 2008. As they were approaching 30, or nearing 40, the

https://www.investopedia.com/millennials-are-financially-confident-but-stressed-5224413
Millennials are most worried about saving money, managing debt, and planning for retirement. About 64% of surveyed Millennials said they are invested, favoring cryptocurrency (38%) and stocks (37%

https://www.mindshiftwellnesscenter.com/10-biggest-challenges-millennials-face-today/
Millennial is a term used for those who were born between the years 1981 to 1996. Based on the latest statistics of the U.S. Census Bureau, there are now 83.1 million millennials. Older people considered the millennials as an entitled generation. But what they did not know is that they, too, face so many struggles and challenges every day.

https://fortune.com/2023/05/24/gen-z-millennials-struggling-work-life-balance-quiet-quitting-antiwork/
So finds Deloitte's global survey of 22,000 millennial and Gen Z workers, who said work-life balance is the top trait they admire in their peers and their top consideration when choosing an

https://www.forbes.com/sites/neilhowe/2014/07/02/millennials-struggle-to-pass-life-skills-101/
Millennials are genuine achievers when it comes to structured classroom knowledge. Today, a record share of 25- to 29-year-olds possess degrees from four-year colleges (33%) and high schools (90%

https://www.deloitte.com/global/en/issues/work/content/genz-millennialsurvey.html
Download the 2024 Gen Z and Millennial Report. 5 MB PDF. To learn more about the mental health findings, read the Mental Health Deep Dive. The 13th edition of Deloitte's Gen Z and Millennial Survey connected with nearly 23,000 respondents across 44 countries to track their experiences and expectations at work and in the world more broadly.

https://themoderatevoice.com/generation-millennial-struggle-find-meaning/
From anxiety to depression to ennui, millennials continue to struggle with mental health issues. Anxiety and depression are by far the most-diagnosed among the college-age generation. But

https://www.entrepreneur.com/living/the-real-reasons-millennials-are-struggling-infographic/319707
In the past 15 years, student debt has tripled in American households, from a collective $340 billion in 2001 to $1.3 trillion in 2016. While some might argue that millennials waste too much money

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-the-great-recession-affected-millennials-2019-8?op=1
The Great Recession created a domino effect of financial struggles for millennials — here are 5 ways it shaped the generation. Hillary Hoffower. 2019-08-11T15:05:00Z

https://www.newsweek.com/millennials-will-pay-more-taxes-save-medicare-1902102
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event promoting lower healthcare costs in the East Room of the White House on August 29, 2023, in Washington, D.C. A new report found millennials are

https://www.fool.com/investing/2024/05/23/booking-holdings-the-greatest-reason-to-buy-that/
This percentage is even higher with millennials and Gen Y, which is an excellent sign for Booking's growth runway. ... Expedia is a similar platform but struggles with much smaller margins (8%

https://www.businessinsider.com/millennial-gen-z-parents-struggle-lonely-childcare-costs-money-friends-2023-11?op=1
The cost of childcare has tripled since 1991, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and research by economists at Bank of America found that the average family was spending over

https://fortune.com/2024/05/16/millennials-gen-z-skeptical-traditional-financial-advice-how-to-reach-them/
That's something millennials and Gen Z should remember with their kids. "We can't underestimate the importance of our parents and guardians, in terms of immersion," Okwuraiwe said.

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-05-23/as-killings-surge-haitians-struggle-to-bury-loved-ones-and-find-closure-in-violent-capital
Haiti struggles with poverty, a legacy of colonialism, and European and U.S. interference. But experts blame the latest violence in part on street gangs' use by rulers. March 15, 2024

https://www.businessinsider.com/millennial-cant-get-hired-remote-jobs-tech-sales-layoffs-health-2024-5?op=1
A millennial who's been applying to jobs for a year says he's encountered ghost jobs and scammers in his struggle to find a remote role. Jacob Zinkula. May 16, 2024, 8:30 AM PDT. A Utah millennial