Rising Share of U.S. Adults Are Living Without a Spouse or Partner
On key economic outcomes, single adults at prime working age increasingly lag behind those who are married or cohabiting
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On key economic outcomes, single adults at prime working age increasingly lag behind those who are married or cohabiting
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.
The number of American homeowners increased by an estimated 2.1 million over the past year, according to the Census Bureau.
The share of 18- to 29-year-olds living with their parents has become a majority since U.S. coronavirus cases began spreading early this year.
Half of U.S. adults say colleges and universities that brought students back to campus made the right decision, while 48% say they did not.
In the third quarter of 2020, about 28.6 million Baby Boomers reported that they were out of the labor force due to retirement.
A majority of U.S. households have some level of investment in the stock market, mostly in the form of retirement accounts such as 401(k)s.
This decade will likely be the first since the one that began in 1850 to break a long-running decline in American household size.
Around a quarter of college faculty in the U.S. were nonwhite in fall 2017, compared with 45% of students.
The 30-year low reflects in part tight labor markets and falling unemployment, but also higher shares of young women at work or in school.
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