Changing Nature of the American Family … in pictures and statistics From Ozzie & Harriet to ABC’s Modern Family

1950’s “Normal” Family Ozzie & Harriet ( ) Leave it to Beaver ( )  A bread-winning father  A care-taking mother  One or more children under age 19

The Modern U.S. Family  Only 9% of U.S. Households fit the old definition of the “normal” family  A majority of families have NO children under age 18  More than 25% of all families with children are single parent families  72% of women in the child-bearing years are employed  There are more grandparents than grandchildren Source: Arvonne Fraser, “The Changing American Family”

Modern Family – ABC Series

26 74

% Married

Source: Pew Research Center

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The Return of the Multi-Generational Family