Young, and not alone in Sweden

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The end of the summer can be a time of moving out and moving on for young adults. In Sweden, the average age to move out of your parents’ house is 18 or 19 — the youngest in Europe. But worries about loneliness and mental health problems are prompting some young Swedes to ditch solo lifestyles and give communal living a try. The BBC’s Maddy Savage reports from Stockholm. 

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