re: I'm sick of people saying the middle class is worse off than 4 decades ago.

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So you are implying that divorce is the number one contributor to economic downfall?

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I'm merely pointing out that a lower marriage rate results in lower household income for the same population if it had a higher marriage rate.

Also, note. It isn't just divorce. People just don't get married at the same rate now as in 1970.

Hence, my bottom line point is, you can't compare household incomes for two different time periods without accounting for differences in the makeup of those households. The household data lone isn't sufficient for comparison.