The Modern American Family
Key trends in marriage and family life in the United States.
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Key trends in marriage and family life in the United States.
In the United States, the transience of economic status varies significantly across racial and ethnic groups and by level of education.
Among married couples in the United States, women’s financial contributions have grown steadily over the last half century. Even when earnings are similar, husbands spend more time on paid work and leisure, while wives devote more time to caregiving and housework.
The growing gender gap in higher education – in enrollment and graduation rates – has been a topic of conversation and debate in recent months.
Black and Hispanic workers remain underrepresented in STEM jobs compared with their share of the U.S. workforce.
In 2019, there were 58.3 births for every 1,000 women ages 15 to 44 in the United States, down from 59.1 in 2018.
The higher education pipeline suggests a long path is ahead for increasing diversity, especially in fields like computing and engineering.
College graduates without a college-educated parent have lower incomes and less wealth, on average, than those with a parent who has a bachelor’s or higher degree.
An influx of students from low-income families and students of color at U.S. colleges and universities has almost exclusively fueled the growth in the overall number of undergraduates.
U.S. military veterans and their families have consistently had higher standards of living than non-veterans over the past 40 years.
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