Since 1970, the percentage of children living in mother-only families has increased from 11 percent to 24 percent in 1997 and was at 23 percent in 2005. Between 1970 and 2005, the percentage of children living in father-only families increased from 1 percent to 5 percent. The percentage living without either parent (with other relatives or with non-relatives) rose slightly from 3 percent to 5 percent.

• In 2005, 6 percent of all children lived in the home of their grandparents. In more than half of these families, however, one or both parents were also present.
• In 2005, 35 percent of black children were living with two parents, compared with 84 percent of Asian children, 76 percent of non-Hispanic white children, and 65 percent of Hispanic children.
  
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In 1970, only 15 percent of Americans 25 to 29 were unmarried. Now nearly half are, according to 2005 census numbers. Census statistics suggest that young adults living in states where there is a high cost of living and a competitive career market often wait longer to marry. Statistics also show that today's young adults are making less, when adjusted for inflation, than people their age did 30 years ago.

Americans have become less likely to marry and this is reflected in a decline of 50% from 1970 to 2004

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LOS ANGELES (AdAge.com) -- The top 20% of U.S. households by income collectively spend more than the bottom 60% on goods and services. The richest 20% of households, feeding on the rapidly escalating value of their homes, accounted for 41% of the increase in spending that brought the country out of the 2001 recession. That means the top fifth of households do nearly 40% of the nation's consumer spending.

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