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To ask what age you consider someone young to

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User700800 · 06/07/2018 13:21

Seems these no definition anymore. I would personally say under 30. When I say young I mean as a young adult.

OP posts:
MrsJayy · 06/07/2018 13:25

I have no idea what you are on about but 29 year olds are not really young adults are they?

User700800 · 06/07/2018 13:27

I'm just asking what age people consider to be a young adult.

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Cathena · 06/07/2018 13:29

29 is far from a young adult.

Under 25 I would say.

PotteringAlong · 06/07/2018 13:29

Under 25

MrsJayy · 06/07/2018 13:29

In context of what though imo a young adult would be 16to 21 anybody after that is an adult

mostdays · 06/07/2018 13:31

A young adult I would probably say 18-24
A young person 13-17

Frosty66612 · 06/07/2018 13:31

I’d say under 25

BackToTheFuschia7 · 06/07/2018 13:32

I agree with you OP. Under 30.

User700800 · 06/07/2018 13:33

In context of life expectancy and experience.

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DayManChampionOfTheSun · 06/07/2018 13:35

What ever age I am and younger Grin

Pickleypickles · 06/07/2018 13:43

Under 25

MrsJayy · 06/07/2018 13:46

Well under 30s are Drs and police officers etc etc I think that is quite experienced regardless of age.

Mousefunky · 06/07/2018 13:47

I would say 16-21 is a young adult personally. We disregard 16 and 17 year olds forgetting the fact they can work, live alone if they want to, legally have sex etc.

MrsJayy · 06/07/2018 13:48

Saying young adult conjurs up images of students and people waifing about in casual jobs many under 30s have mortgages and children

SugarIsAmazing · 06/07/2018 13:50

Under 25s I'd say.

And off topic but young doctors and policemen/women always make me feel like they should be in school.

Mamadothehump · 06/07/2018 13:54

At 29 I had been married for 9 years, owned my own home and had 3 young children. I certainly didn't class myself as a "young adult"!

Heratnumber7 · 06/07/2018 13:56

From my perspective, anyone under 50!!

Seriously though - 18-25 is a young adult.

ooobisto · 06/07/2018 13:56

Under 30

MrsJayy · 06/07/2018 13:56

That is very true sugar but that is due to our age not theirs Grin

NewYearNewMe18 · 06/07/2018 13:59

I suppose it means what parameters you use.

Average life expectancy for the UK is now around 80 years.

So define young, middle aged and old.

By virtue of 80 being life expectancy, 40 is the middle of middle aged.

www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/bulletins/nationallifetablesunitedkingdom/2014to2016
Main points
A newborn baby boy could expect to live 79.2 years and a newborn baby girl 82.9 years if mortality rates remain the same as they were in the UK in 2014 to 2016 throughout their lives.
Improvements in life expectancy at birth for males in the UK have slowed from 13.6 weeks per year between 1980 to 1982 and 2009 to 2011, to 6.0 weeks per year between 2010 to 2012 and 2014 to 2016; for females improvements have slowed from 10.0 weeks to 3.6 weeks per year for the same periods.
In 2014 to 2016, a man in the UK aged 65 had an average further 18.5 years of life remaining and a woman 20.9 years.
A male born in 2014 to 2016 had a 21% chance, and a female a 32% chance, of surviving to at least age 90.

lalascribbles · 06/07/2018 13:59

I'm 31 and have been a qualified nurse since 21. A couple of years ago at 29 I was married, a band six deputy ward manager and a home owner. Not really a young adult. My friendship group include; teachers, solicitors and lecturers. A few years ago should we have all been back in school uniform? Rather than successfully doing our jobs?

sleepylittlebunnies · 06/07/2018 13:59

It depends on the context, patients on my ward are considered young if they are under 70.

ApolloandDaphne · 06/07/2018 14:00

I describe my DDs as young adults and they are 20 and 25. I have been thinking recently though that the older one is actually just an adult in that she works, lives with her partner and generally does anything any other adult does. The younger one is a student so still not quite there yet as we still have responsibility for her financially.

HairDyedPink · 06/07/2018 14:01

technically 18 and 19 yo are still teenagers, which makes it a bit tricky. I'd say very early 20s. A 30 yo is just an adult, who can enjoy not being "middle-age" just yet.

lalascribbles · 06/07/2018 14:04

Apollo I think you define it very well there, I would have considered myself a young adult while at university and financially reliant on my parents and for a short while after again while reliant financially on them for deposits for renting etc

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