WASHINGTON, D.C. – Under President Barack Obama’s leadership, the number of people living in multigenerational households has increased significantly, meaning fewer people can afford to live on their own and signaling the erosion of the middle class.

A recent Pew Research Center study shows a slow job market and other economic factors are driving a record 57 million Americans, or about 18 percent of the population, to rely on family members for housing. The increasing trend of more than one generation living in the same home is the product of policies that have perpetuated a bad economy and high unemployment, and it’s hitting the millennial generation the hardest, the LA Times reports.

“About 23.6 percent of people age 25 to 34 live with their parents, grandparents or both, according to Pew. That’s up from 18.7 percent in 2007, just prior to the global financial crisis, and from 11 percent in 1980,” according to the news site.

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And for the first time ever, the multigenerational living arrangements are due more to young folks moving in with their parents or grandparents than due to the oldest generation moving in with their children. In years past, the elderly living under the care of their children has been the biggest driver of multigenerational households, the Times reports.

“Historically, large numbers of the elderly live with and are cared for by their own children. The share of people in the older age group living in multigenerational households rose between 2000 and 2012 to 22.7 percent, but the percentage of millennial living with their parents jumped even more,” according to the Times.

In other words, since Barack Obama became president an increasing number of Americans, both the youngest working generation and the elderly, have depended on someone else to get by.

The Pew research seems to support the assertion by many conservatives that the government’s unemployment figures and economic data doesn’t accurately depict the bleak circumstances many face in Obama’s America.

As many have pointed out, unemployment numbers don’t typically include those who have quit looking for work, essentially giving up on finding a fulfilling career after college. It’s easy to see how the demoralizing move home could exasperate that problem.

The Pew research also seems to show that the president’s polices create a situation that directly contradicts his stated goal of improving life for the middle class and ensuring that all Americans have a shot at success.