Demographer and know-it-all regarding consumer spending, time use, and demographic trends.
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Only 31% of adults lived in a household with a landline phone in 2021, according to @NCHStats. NCHS has been asking about telephone status since 2003, when 95% of adults had a landline phone. The figure was 66% a decade ago and fell below 50% in 2015. demomemo.blogspot.com
Spending at full-service restaurants climbed 45% in 2021 to a record high of $162 billion, according to @USDA_ERS data. Fast-food restaurant spending climbed 14% to $164 billion. Once again, Americans are spending more on restaurants than on groceries. demomemo.blogspot.com
The number of marriages in 2020 (1.7 million) fell to a level not seen since 1963, according to @NCHStats data. There were fewer divorces in 2020 (631,000) than in any year since 1968. Both are likely to rebound as the effects of the pandemic fade. demomemo.blogspot.com
Only 21% of Americans aged 18 or older read a newspaper every day, according to the 2021 @GSS_NORC. This is down from 69% a half century ago in 1972. The 57% majority of the public reads a newspaper less than once a week or never (versus just 8% in 1972). demomemo.blogspot.com
145 elementary-middle-high schools in the US experienced a school shooting in the 2020-21 school year, according to an analysis of the @K12ssdb by @EdNCES, a record high. In 2020-21, there were more school shootings at elementary schools than high schools. demomemo.blogspot.com
The nation's large cities (populations of 50,000+) lost 0.4% of their population between 2020 and 2021, according to @uscensusbureau estimates. The remainder of the country grew 0.4%. This was a reversal of the pattern during the 2010s. demomemo.blogspot.com
17% of women aged 18 to 24 say crime makes it unsafe to walk, according to an @NCHStats survey. The perception that crime makes it unsafe to walk falls with age. Among women aged 65-plus, only 10% feel unsafe walking. demomemo.blogspot.com
Men's college enrollment rate has fallen to a 38-year low, according to @BLS_gov and @EdNCES data. Only 54.9% of male high school grads of 2021 were enrolled in college by October. Women's rate was a much higher 69.5%—a record-breaking difference. demomemo.blogspot.com
Democrats outnumber Republicans among Americans 18-plus: 44% say they are Democrats, 30% say they are Republicans, according to 2021 @GSS_NORC. Millennials are least likely to identify as Republican (23%) versus 38% of Gen Xers and 36% of Boomers. demomemo.blogspot.com
The 54% majority of Republicans own a gun, according to a @pewresearch survey. Among Democrats, a smaller 31% are gun owners. By race, non-Hispanic whites are most likely to be gun owners (47%), followed by Blacks (37%), Hispanics (26%), and Asians (20%). demomemo.blogspot.com
70% of Americans aged 3 or older (yes, three) use a smartphone, according to a 2021 @NTIAgov survey, up from 27% in 2011. 49% use a laptop (up from 43%). During those years, desktop computer use dropped from 45% to 28%. demomemo.blogspot.com
Median annual earnings of men 20-59 have stagnated or declined over the past 30 years, after adjusting for inflation, according to @SocialSecurity. Fortunately for the nation's families, the rise in women's earnings more than made up for men's losses. demomemo.blogspot.com
More than one in five teenagers is obese, according to @NCHStats. Obesity among the nation's 12-to-19-year-olds has more than quadrupled in the past 40 years, growing from just 5% in 1976-1980 to 21.2% in 2017-2018. demomemo.blogspot.com
89% of Americans think abortion should be legal if a woman's health is endangered, 84% in case of rape, 77% if there's a serious birth defect. The 54% majority says abortion should be legal if a woman wants it "for any reason," according to 2021 @GSS_NORC. demomemo.blogspot.com
Democrats and Republicans disagree about most things. Here's one thing they do agree about, according to a @pewresearch survey. Most D's and R's do not believe the world's nations "will collectively do enough to avoid the worst impacts of climate change." demomemo.blogspot.com
The Boomer generation shrank by more than 1 million 2020-21, according to @uscensusbureau population estimates. The aging of the generation and the pandemic boosted the annual loss above 1 million for the first time. Gen X and Millennials also declined. demomemo.blogspot.com
Since the start of the pandemic, the US has experienced 382 days with 1,000 or more deaths from Covid-19, according to @CDCgov. Two days with 4,000 or more deaths; 41 days with 3,000-3,999; 110 days with 2,000-2,999, and 229 days with 1,000-1,999 deaths. demomemo.blogspot.com
The correctional population fell 22.4% between 2010 and 2020, reports @BJSgov. Nearly half of that decline occurred just in 2020 when the population fell by 10.6%. By end of 2020, 1/47 US adults was under correctional supervision, down from 1/40 in 2019. demomemo.blogspot.com
Worries about wrinkles, gray hair, and other ailments of aging are highest among people in their 50s and fade away with age, according to @AARPresearch. 24% of those in their 50s are very/extremely concerned about wrinkles vs just 9% of those in their 70s. demomemo.blogspot.com
In 1950, 86% of men and 34% of women were in the labor force, according to @BLS_gov, a gap of 52 percentage points. Seventy years later in 2020, a smaller 68% of men and a larger 56% of women were in the labor force, a gap of just 12 percentage points. demomemo.blogspot.com