{"id":43905,"date":"2022-03-03T14:37:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T20:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=43905"},"modified":"2022-03-03T14:37:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T20:37:36","slug":"the-changing-american-household","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-changing-american-household\/","title":{"rendered":"The Changing American Household"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Source:<\/strong> Nathan Yau, “Change in Common Household Types in the U.S.<\/a>,” FlowingData.com<\/p>\n

“In the 1970s, the most common household type in the U.S. was a married couple with kids. But over time, as people\u00a0wait longer to get married\u00a0and\u00a0have fewer kids (if any), it’s grown more common to live alone or with non-family.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In 1976, 37% of households were made up of married couples with children. In 2021 it is now 21% of all households.<\/p>\n

In 1976, 21% of all households were people living alone. In 2021, it is 28%.<\/p>\n

In 1976, 60% of the households were composed of married couples. In 2021, it is 43%.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: Nathan Yau, “Change in Common Household Types in the U.S.,” FlowingData.com “In the 1970s, the most common household type in the U.S. was a married couple with kids. But over time, as people\u00a0wait longer to get married\u00a0and\u00a0have fewer kids (if any), it’s grown more common to live alone or with non-family.” In 1976, 37%…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[173],"class_list":["post-43905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issues","tag-family"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7565,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-effect-of-family-instability\/","url_meta":{"origin":43905,"position":0},"title":"The Effect of Family Instability","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 17, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: Sydney Briggs, \"Family Instability and Children\u2019s Social Development,\" Child Trends, 7 Aug 2019. \"Family stability can promote positive social behavior in children and adolescents, while instability is associated with social maladjustment, including behaviors such as aggression toward peers, teachers, or parents.\" \"Adolescents whose mothers were married at birth had\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Issues"","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7556,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/can-i-tell-you-about-a-way-to-get-married-without-government-involvement\/","url_meta":{"origin":43905,"position":1},"title":"Can I tell you about a way to get married without government involvement?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 19, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I noticed a guy wrote\u00a0a piece about marriage claiming he didn't need a piece of paper. 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