Pew: More millennials lived with parents in ’12

They aren’t leaving the nest.

More than one-third of millennials still live with their parents, the highest share in their age group in at least 40 years, according to a Pew Research Center analysis released this month.

In 2012, a record 21.6 million adults ages 18-31 lived in their parents’ homes, Pew said. That’s up from 18.5 million in 2007.

The reasons why vary, Pew said. It’s a combination of economic, educational and cultural factors.

But one striking detail shows that men are more likely than women to still be living with their parents, according to analysis.

About 40 percent of millennial men are living at home, compared with 32 percent of women in the same age group.

Unemployed millennials are more likely to live at home.

According to Pew, 63 percent of millennials held jobs in 2012 — that’s down from 70 percent for the 18-31 age group in 2007.