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In many parts of the world, a lot of young adults are increasingly getting into debt.

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People aged between 18 and 24 are particularly at risk. People are also borrowing larger amounts of money. One report in the UK showed that about the third of 18-24 year-olds have serious debt problems.

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University students often get into debt because of rising university fees.

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Some students are helped by their families,

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but others have to pay their university fees themselves.

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A lot of young people do not appear to take debt seriously.

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One reason is perhaps that young people often have nothing to lose if they become bankrupt. For example, they don't usually own a house. So they have no possessions that the bank can take from them.

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