A lot of these trends are to be expected. This is the age when young people experiment with different lifestyles and behaviors, and when they move out of the house they have even more freedom to do that. We expect that when they settle into more permanent jobs and unions, these trends will abate.
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Our study is the first one of its kind because we followed the same people over time, looking at changes in their behavior.
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