What happens to the culture of a nation when households no longer include children? Send me your thoughts and I will post the most interesting comments.
In the meantime, consider the USA Today story about the declining number of households in the U.S. with children:
The percentage of American households with children under 18 living at home last year hit the lowest point — 46% — in half a century, government data reported Wednesday.
The trend reflects the aging of the Baby Boom generation and younger women having fewer children, demographers say.
“Baby Boomers have been a big force in driving a lot of different population dynamics,” says Rose Kreider, a family demographer at the Census Bureau, which released the data.
In 2008, about 35.7 million families (46%) had children under 18 at home, the Census figures show, down from 52% in 1950. The percentage peaked in 1963, when about 57% of families had children under 18 at home.
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