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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for May 15, 2018
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May 15, 2018: Thirty-two percent (32%) of American children were living with an unmarried parent in 2017. That’s a total of 24 million children under 18. It’s also more than double the rate from 1968, when just 13% were living with an unmarried parent.[1]
The figures include 21% who live with a solo mother, 4% with a solo father, and 7% living with cohabiting parents.
There are substantial differences by race and ethnicity. Eighty-five percent (85%) of Asian children live with married parents as do 74% of white children. Among Hispanics, that figure is 62%. Among black children, just 36% live with married parents. A plurality of black children (47%) live with a solo mother.
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- May 14, 2018 – 890 billion dollars held by U.S. philanthropic foundations
- May 11, 2018 – 9 percent reduction in hours worked by Americans since 1960
- May 10, 2018 – 500 dollar per employee head tax proposed in Seattle
- May 9, 2018 – 22 states have passed laws concerning self-driving vehicles
- May 8, 2018 – 39 percent of top liberal arts colleges have no Republican professors
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