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To: Scumbria who wrote (156294)	6/28/2001 10:18:49 AM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I do not wish for my children's teachers to reverse the impact of their parents. This is why I support school vouchers. Unfortuately as well, most kids do not have both parents at home. I have been married to my only wife for 21 years and hope for many more. All the Best, josh * * *

To: Scumbria who wrote (156294)	6/29/2001 12:16:16 PM
From: goldworldnet	Respond to of 769670

Marriage in Decline in U.S., Survey Shows Friday June 29 12:05 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Census Bureau (news - web sites) on Friday released new figures adding detail to the census 2000's picture of the once-traditional nuclear family's decline, confirming more people are putting off marriage and cohabiting or living alone. Data from the March 2000 Current Population Survey of 50,000 households showed the number of families led by women with no husbands present grew nearly three times faster in the 1990s than the number of married couples with children. The survey, a study separate from the nationwide polling of the entire population of 281 million, said 46 percent of families headed by a single woman had more than one child, compared to 36 percent of families led by a single male. At the same time, 34 percent of single-mother families lived below the poverty level compared to 16 percent of single-father families. Income data from census 2000 will not be available for several months. The CPS report also said less than half of black family households -- where there are members of the household related to the householder but not necessarily spouses or children -- in 2000 were married couple households. That compared to 68 percent of Hispanic households and 83 percent of white non-Hispanic households which were married couple households. Married couple family groups were more likely to live in the suburbs and have college graduates than other family groups, the report said. It added that 82 percent of such married-couple family units lived in homes that were owned or being bought by the householder, compared to only 58 percent of male-headed family groups and 49 percent of female-headed families owned homes. The trends in the report were highlighted earlier this year by census data showing households consisting of a married couple with children under 18 dropped to 23.5 percent of the total from 25.6 percent in 1990, and 45 percent four decades ago. The number of single-person households amounted to 26 percent of the total. Those in which unmarried people -- with or without children -- were living as couples rose by 72 percent to 5.47 million in 2000 from 3.19 million in 1990. Both men and women are getting married later in life with the median age of first marriage going up since 1960 from aged 22 to 27 for men and for women from 20 to 25 years old. The number of families led by women with no husband present grew nearly three times faster in the 1990s than the number of married couples with children. dailynews.yahoo.com * * *