Twixter
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Twixter is a
Behavior
Twixters are typically young adults who live with their parents or are otherwise not independent financially. If they are employed, they often have unsteady and low-paying jobs. They may have recently left university or high school, or recently embarked on a career.
Media coverage
Parallels in other societies
The emergence of twixters is not entirely new, as it is similar to social phenomena observed in other industrialized societies. Since the 1980s and 1990s, Japan has seen the growth of a parasite single or "freeter" segment of the youth population who live at home and work at undemanding jobs. The Hodo-Hodo zoku are employees who avoid promotion to minimize stress and maximize free time. Likewise, in Europe since the 1990s, there has been a growing number of NEET, those "Not engaged in Education, Employment, or Training".
In October 2007, former
See also
- Boomerang Generation
- Emerging adulthood
- Freeters
- Hikikomori
- NEET
- Parasite single
- Waithood
References
- ^ Grossman, Lev (16 January 2005). "Grow Up? Not So Fast". Time. Archived from the original on December 8, 2006. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
- ^ «Mandiamo i bamboccioni fuori di casa» . Corriere della Sera
- ^ Il bamboccione Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Article in El País
- ^ "Γενιά των 600 € και "αγανακτισμένοι" της Μαδρίτης - βίοι παράλληλοι; | DW | 30.05.2011".