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July 10, 2023
…combined work if they wish to have one parent spend more time caring for the children. Consider a married couple with two children where, as above, one parent makes $20,000…
June 22, 2023
…Times. “Fewer kids are being born.” This is true. Almost every year since 2007, fewer and fewer children have been born in the United States, down from 4.3 million in…
June 20, 2023
…happiness between higher-income and lower-income white Americans in the 1970s, but by the 2010s, “five times as many whites in the lowest fifth for income were unhappy compared to those…
June 11, 2023
…important over time, with fewer Americans willing to date or marry across the aisle. Dating apps and websites report a growing share of users setting political criteria for matches. The Survey…
June 2, 2023
America’s birthrate has been falling steadily since the Great Recession 15 years ago, and the brief uptick of 2021 proved to be a statistical blip, as new birth data show…
May 26, 2023
…The formula involves three steps: get at least a high school education, work full time, and marry before having children. Among Millennials who followed this sequence, 97% are not poor…
May 26, 2022
…effectively communicate the value of marriage to the rising generation. —Josh Barker Event Description The success sequence—earning at least a high school degree, working full-time, and marrying before childbearing—is a…