That trend contrasted with the 86 percent of those 46- to 65-year-old women surveyed who said they were fully independent of their own parents by age 25. “We wanted to get the hell out as soon as possible,” said Liz Kitchens, a partner in The Kitchens Group, a public opinion research firm in Orlando, Florida, that conducted the survey. The company conducted the national online survey of 441 women between Feb. 14 and March 14. Eighty percent of the women said it was “very accurate” to describe themselves as reliable and dependable, a much stronger response than other self-described characteristics — including “spontaneous and flexible,” or “playful and fun” — received. Of women with children over age 18, nine percent said they had adult children living back home for indefinite periods.
