{"id":471,"date":"2021-01-23T01:58:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T01:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jrn-305-2021\/?p=471"},"modified":"2021-01-23T01:58:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T01:58:57","slug":"university-students-still-dependent-on-their-parents-new-study-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jrn-305-2021\/2021\/01\/23\/university-students-still-dependent-on-their-parents-new-study-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"University students still dependent on their parents, new study shows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A recent survey by Maclean\u2019s shows that forty-four percent of university students consider their relationship with their parents to be the most important one in their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experts say emotional and financial support play a significant role in shaping the relationship today\u2019s university students have with their parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Lenco, an assistant professor in the department of sociology at St. Francis Xavier University, told Maclean\u2019s<\/a> the economic burden of tuition and living costs that has since significantly increased than in previous generations is keeping students more dependent on their parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Statistics Canada\u2019s Tuition and Living Accommodation Costs (TLAC) survey of full-time students at Canadian degree-granting institutions, full-time Canadian undergraduate students in 1972 paid on average the equivalent of $534 in today\u2019s dollars in tuition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today Canadian undergraduate students pay on average $6,463 in tuition according to Statistics Canada.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lenco says because university is such a huge investment students rely on their parents for advice on careers, finances, and education to help them navigate their own path to living independently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n