In 1940, the proportion of adults under age 30 living with their parents was quite high. Sociologists Paul Glick and SungLing Lin suggest that this was true because

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The economic depression of the 1930s made it difficult for young men and women to obtain employment on a regular basis, which led to a high proportion of adults under age 30 living with their parents. This is a well-known sociological phenomenon known as "boomerang generation." The other choices, such as an atmosphere of familism prevailing or these adult children feeling closer to their parents, may have contributed to this phenomenon to some extent, but they are not the primary reasons for it.

In 1940, the Proportion of Adults Under Age 30 Living