清远职业技术学院学报

“45度人生”是当代青年在“内卷”与“躺平”之间寻求平衡的一种心理和行为姿态。通过系统梳理“45度人生”的社会背景与生成机理，指出婚恋延迟、住房负担沉重和社会阶层流动等结构性压力是该现象蔓延的重要诱因。结合广州市与清远市房价与薪资数据，实证揭示青年在城市居住与情感生活中的现实困境。提出完善青年住房保障体系、强化阶层流动通道、建设婚恋友好型社会支持网络、优化公共话语体系等多维度应对策略，以回应青年的现实诉求与发展预期，缓解其结构性困境，促进其实现“进得上去，退得有路”的健康人生状态。

“45-degree life” is a psychological and behavioral stance among contemporary youth seeking balance between “involution” and “lying flat.” By systematically analyzing the social context and formation mechanisms of this phenomenon, it is pointed out that structural pressures such as delayed marriage and love,heavy housing burden, and social stratification solidification are key drivers of its widespread occurrence. Using housing price and salary data from Guangzhou and Qingyuan, empirical evidence reveals the real-life dilemmas young people face in urban living and emotional well-being. Multi-dimensional countermeasures are proposed, including improving youth housing security systems, strengthening social mobility pathways, building a marriage-friendly support network, and optimizing public discourse frameworks. These strategies aim to address youth's practical needs and developmental expectations, alleviate their structural predicaments, and foster a healthy life state characterized by “progress with options and retreat with alternatives”.