KRIVET 한국직업능력연구원 국무총리 산하 정부출연 연구기관

대졸자 청년의 51.1%가 캥거루족이며, 부모와 동거는 하지만 용돈을 받지 않고 생활비도 드리지 않는 캥거루족의 비율이 높아 우리나라 캥거루족은 주거의존적인 특징을 보임.
캥거루족은 지난 4주간 주로 일(61.7%)을 하거나 구직 및 취업준비(20.7%)를 하는 반면, 비(非)캥거루족은 89.9%가 일을 하는 직장인임.
캥거루족 중 취업자는 65.4%, 상용직 종사자는 47.6%, 선망직장 취업자는 19.5%임. 반면 비(非)캥거루족은 취업자가 78.6%, 상용직 비율은 79.4%, 선망직장 취업자는 42.3%로 나타나, 청년층의 취업난과 양질의 일자리 부족이 캥거루족 현상의 주요 원인인 것으로 추정됨. 
성적에 맞춰서 대학에 진학한 경우 절반 이상이 대학 졸업 후 캥거루족이 된 반면, 취업을 고려하여 대학에 진학한 경우 캥거루족이 된 비율이 상대적으로 낮음.

51.1% of young college graduates are “parasite singles” (unmarried people still living at home with their parents and not financially independent). A high percentage of these parasite singles live with their parents but do not contribute any rent, board, or living expenses; Korean parasite singles thus tend to be housing-dependent.
Most parasite singles had worked (61.7%), or sought jobs and prepared for employment (20.7%) within the previous 4 weeks, whereas 89.9% of those of working age but not in the parasite single category were employed.
65.4% of parasite singles had jobs, with 47.6% of them in full-time employment. 19.5% of them reported that they had jobs they desired. On the other hand, 78.6% of those of working age but not in the parasite single category had jobs, with 79.4% of them in full-time employment, and 42.3% of them reporting that they had jobs they desired. It is thought that the job crunch among the younger generations and a lack of quality jobs are the main causes of the high number of parasite singles.
If students selected colleges primarily based on their academic performance, more than half of them became parasite singles after graduating from college. However, if they selected colleges that would benefit their future employment, a smaller proportion of them became parasite singles.