Families hit hard by recession
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January 17, 2010, Sunday
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THE recession that began at the end of 2007 took a toll on US families last year as the number of parents without jobs climbed, new census data shows.
Among the country's 25.8 million married couples with children under 18, about 6 percent of husbands were unemployed in 2009, compared with 3 percent in 2007.
The proportion of jobless wives and mothers also doubled to 4 percent from 2 percent in 2007.
"These statistics show us that families are having a difficult time during this recession," Rose Kreider, family demographer with the US Census Bureau, said on Friday.
The country's unemployment rate exceeded 10 percent in October.
Married couples with children in which both parents have jobs totaled 59 percent in 2009, compared with 63 percent in 2007.
Families where only the wife worked jumped to 7 percent in 2009 from 5 percent in 2007.
Among the country's 25.8 million married couples with children under 18, about 6 percent of husbands were unemployed in 2009, compared with 3 percent in 2007.
The proportion of jobless wives and mothers also doubled to 4 percent from 2 percent in 2007.
"These statistics show us that families are having a difficult time during this recession," Rose Kreider, family demographer with the US Census Bureau, said on Friday.
The country's unemployment rate exceeded 10 percent in October.
Married couples with children in which both parents have jobs totaled 59 percent in 2009, compared with 63 percent in 2007.
Families where only the wife worked jumped to 7 percent in 2009 from 5 percent in 2007.
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