{"id":16210,"date":"2012-12-28T00:01:37","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T05:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/about-half-say-parents-have-responsibility-to-help-adult-child-financially\/"},"modified":"2024-04-13T23:41:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T04:41:13","slug":"about-half-say-parents-have-responsibility-to-help-adult-child-financially","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2012\/12\/28\/about-half-say-parents-have-responsibility-to-help-adult-child-financially\/","title":{"rendered":"About Half Say Parents Have Responsibility to Help Adult Child Financially"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/12\/SDT-2012-12-20-generation-07.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"276\"><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A majority of adults from all age groups believe that adult children have an obligation to support their aging parents. Overall, 75% of the public says adult children have a responsibility to provide financial assistance to an elderly parent if he or she needs it. Only 23% say this is not a responsibility.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But adults of all ages are much more reluctant to say parents have a responsibility to support their grown children. Overall, 52% say parents have a responsibility to provide financial assistance to an adult child if he or she needs it; 44% say this is not a responsibility.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among young adults, many of whom may have found themselves in this very situation, 53% say parents have the responsibility to provide for their adult children, if their children need the support; 44% say parents do not have this responsibility. Young adults\u2019 views on this issue are nearly identical to those of their parents\u2019 generation.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among adults ages 50 to 64, 54% say parents have a responsibility to provide for their adult children, while 43% say this is not a responsibility. Adults ages 65 and older have similar views: 57% say this is a responsibility and 35% say it is not. Adults ages 30 to 49 are somewhat less likely to say this is a responsibility: 47% say it is and 51% say it is not. <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/2012\/12\/20\/the-big-generation-gap-at-the-polls-is-echoed-in-attitudes-on-budget-tradeoffs\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About half of the public believes parents have a responsibility to provide financial assistance to an adult child if it\u2019s 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