Less than half of U.S. kids today live in a ‘traditional’ family

[Dos Equis]

Wow.  The landscape has certainly changed. 

Less than half of U.S. kids today live in a ‘traditional’ family
BY GRETCHEN LIVINGSTON
December 22, 2014

Less than half of U.S. kids today live in a ‘traditional’ family

Less than half (46%) of U.S. kids younger than 18 years of age are living in a home with two married heterosexual parents in their first marriage. This is a marked change from 1960, when 73% of children fit this description, and 1980, when 61% did, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of recently-released American Community Survey (ACS) and Decennial Census data.

Less than half of U.S. kids today live in a ‘traditional’ family Rapid changes in American family structure have altered the image of who’s gathering for the holidays. While the old “ideal” involved couples marrying young, then starting a family, and staying married till “death do they part”, the family has become more complex, and less “traditional”.

Americans are delaying marriage, and more may be foregoing the institution altogether. At the same time, the share of children born outside of marriage now stands at 41%, up from just 5% in 1960. While debate continues as to whether divorce rates have been rising or falling in recent decades, it’s clear that in the longer term, the share of people who have been previously married is rising, as is remarriage.

According to our analysis, today 15% of children are living with two parents who are in a remarriage. It is difficult to accurately identify step-children in the ACS data, so we don’t know for sure if these kids are from another union, or were born within the remarriage. However, data from another Census source — the 2013 Current Population Survey (CPS) — indicates that 6% of all children are living with a step-parent.

One of the largest shifts in family structure is this: 34% of children today are living with an unmarried parent—up from just 9% in 1960, and 19% in 1980. In most cases, these unmarried parents are single. However, a small share of all children—4%–are living with two cohabiting parents, according to CPS data. Because of concerns about the quality of the new 2013 ACS data on same-sex marriage, we do not separate out the very small number of children whose parents are identified as in this type of union, but instead fold them into this “single parent” category, as well.

The remaining 5% of children are not living with either parent. In most of these cases, they are living with a grandparent—a phenomenon that has become much more prevalent since the recent economic recession.

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/12/22/less-than-half-of-u-s-kids-today-live-in-a-traditional-family/

[240 is Back]

moral fabric of society is unraveling.  it's sickening. 

both parties are to blame... i mean, dems are creating a generation of morally bankrupt shady illegals that feel they deserve govt handouts.  And the repubs are wearing diapers with hookers (sen vitter) and playing mens room footsie (larry craig) and still staying in office.

it's not one party, it's an overall decline, and it's sickening.

[dario73]

Libtards will claim that this is a good thing, but that's because most of them are homos.

[JOHN MATRIX]

the liberal dream/utopia

[Coach is Back!]

moral fabric of society is unraveling.  it's sickening. 

both parties are to blame... i mean, dems are creating a generation of morally bankrupt shady illegals that feel they deserve govt handouts.  And the repubs are wearing diapers with hookers (sen vitter) and playing mens room footsie (larry craig) and still staying in office.

it's not one party, it's an overall decline, and it's sickening.

ok, here we go. I'll go with you that both sides are to blame to a certain extent. The left doesn't nor will they ever hold traditional family values. Single parent adoptions (because they don't believe a father is needed), husband (male) wife (female) is a no no and shouldn't be recognized anymore, etc (too many more to list). Yeah, it's safe to say that the left has totally fucked up what was once to be thought as "traditional".

[240 is Back]

ok, here we go. I'll go with you that both sides are to blame to a certain extent. The left doesn't nor will they ever hold traditional family values. Single parent adoptions (because they don't believe a father is needed), husband (male) wife (female) is a no no and shouldn't be recognized anymore, etc (too many more to list). Yeah, it's safe to say that the left has totally fucked up what was once to be thought as "traditional".

I worry WAY less about "single parent adoptions".  That shit is rare.

I worry WAY more about the entire generation selfie... a bunch of entitled, hormone-filled sissy boys and DLB girls.

Can't blame the left when republicans won't OUST diaper hooker senators or mens room fun Craig.  I mean, Vitter would wear a diaper and go potty in it... that's beyond disgusting, that's absurd.   The fact the GOP doesn't boot him, cut funding, remove him from committees...

well, you can't blame the left.  You have to look at the overall decline in society.  a bunch of shady, cell-phone bathroom texting, FB "liking" flirting, divorcing non-fucking-stop, people making 5 babies without getting married, etc.   Drug use is so commonly accepted "oh, he did it in college, he can still be president".  NO NO NO, how about, if you're fcking stupid and cirminal enough to break the law and use drugs AS AN ADULT, then your ass CANNOT be president or hold office.  Shit, the line has slid so far "oh, he did coke for a decade, but he's clean now..."  NO NO NO, he accepted crime and altered state of living for a decade, he's a fcking mental decrepit now, he can't just "undo" it with a public apology.

Society has slid because WE the people accept politicians that did drugs for 20 years, or had the bad judgment to drink and  drive.  Or fcked their secretary.  You're crying about fcking "single adoption" while the last 3 presidents flaunted their drug use like a badge of fuckinnng honor.