Young Women's Well-Being Across Generations
2023
This report from the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) presents an updated analysis of the well-being of young women aged 25 to 34 in the United States. This report uses the PRB's Index of Young Women’s Well-Being, a tool created in 2017 to assess outcomes for young women across generations, analyzing 14 indicators covering physical and mental health, education, poverty, labor force participation, and more. This updated report focuses on how the well-being of women ages 25 to 34–or Millienials–compares to women of the same age in the previous generations. The 2023 report finds that while there was improvement for women in areas such as increased education, wages, and labor force participation, progress worsened significantly between 2019 and 2022 due to a number of significant events– the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, restriction of abortion rights in the U.S., and growing inflation. The report presents key health and safety findings for women aged 25 to 34, including increasing suicide rates compared to women in Generation X, surging maternal mortality rates, and rising homicide rates.
Young Women's Well-Being Across Generations
Source:
Srygley S et al. Losing More Ground: Revisiting Young Women’s Well-Being Across Generations in the United States. Population Reference Bureau 2023; 77(1). https://www.prb.org/resources/losing-more-ground.