The level of independence of children after they get out of primary school is largely a function of wealth and cost of living (for university). In places like Brazil, I would expect more people to live at home with their parents. In the US now, as compared to the 70's, say, it's also true. In the 70's, when you graduated from HS, it was very rare for kids to stay at home. There were usually enough opportunities for them to get jobs and be independent.
For me, university was cheap enough that I was able to work and pay my own tuition. My parents helped a little with housing in the first 2-3 years, but everything else I provided. Almost everyone I knew back then was in the same boat.
Unless you're talking an affluent area, where kids can come out of university with no debt and very useful degrees, what I experienced in the 70's is much rarer now.
So, Brazil and the US, with the middle class both hit pretty hard in the recent decade, is entering a different phase.
For me, university was cheap enough that I was able to work and pay my own tuition. My parents helped a little with housing in the first 2-3 years, but everything else I provided. Almost everyone I knew back then was in the same boat.
Unless you're talking an affluent area, where kids can come out of university with no debt and very useful degrees, what I experienced in the 70's is much rarer now.
So, Brazil and the US, with the middle class both hit pretty hard in the recent decade, is entering a different phase.