Marketplace

Wealth

Productivity and Growth

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Educational Attainment / Life Earnings (in millions)Source: US Census Bureau, Current Population Surveys, March 1998, 1999, and 2000.

Median Lifetime Earnings by Highest Educational Attainment, 2009 DollarsSource: http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi/cew/pdfs/collegepayoff-complete.pdfp. P. 3

HS Drop Out

College Grads Professionals / Grad School

High School

Black Unemployment by Marriage (pink) and non-Marriage (blue)CPS Data Bureau of Labor Statistics

% Professional Class Not WorkingUS Total (Males) 1982-2010

Source: Derived from Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPS; Henry Potrykus, MARRI

single

Cohab

Married

Unemployed

Fraction of Occupation

Class

% “Unskilled” Not WorkingUS Total (Males) 1982-2010

Source: Derived from Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPS; Henry Potrykus, MARRI

Average Hrs. Worked Per Yr.

Source: Survey of Consumer Finance, 2000

3,336 3,223

2,996

3,3123,472

Growth in Productivity: Down Source: Derived from U.S. Census Long Form; Henry Potrykus, MARRI

MARRIED

DIVORCED

SINGLE

Baby Boom Retirement Begins

Employment

Labor ParticipationSource: http://marri.us/labor-slump

Male Employment:1962-2010Males aged 25-54; Bureau of Labor Statistics (CPS)

Average Western Fertility BehaviorEurostat

Cultural Movements

The Two Models of Society & Their Effect

Poverty

3.93 Million Children 3.17 Million Children

0.75 Million Children

Unmarried Parents Same Parents Married

Children in PovertySource: R Rector -Analysis of CPS 2001

In Poverty

Out of Poverty

Most Poor Children Reside in Single-Parent Families Percent of children

in single-parent families27%

Percent of poor children in married

couple families38%

Percent of poor children in single-parent

families62%

Percent of childrenin married couple

families73%

Attitudes

Outcomes