25% of Gen Z workers are supporting family members — and risking their own financial future

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Gen Z may stand as the youngest generation in the workforce, but while they’re just starting to build their own financial foundation, they’re already feeling the weight and pressure of providing for a family. 

Twenty-five percent of Gen Z-ers in the U.S. are working, while studying, to help financially support their parents in a challenging economy according to a recent study of 2000 people from EduBirdie, an academic aid platform. As a result, two out of three young workers lack the money to cover their own basic needs, straining both their financial and mental health. 

Paola Peralta
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Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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