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The family remains central to US
society, and more than half of
unmarried adults between the ages of
18 and 24 still live with their parents.
Even so, the American family has
changed considerably in recent
decades. Today only about one-
quarter of all households consist of a
traditional nuclear family, and more
than half of all households have no
children. One out of every four
children is born out of wedlock, and
there has been a large increase in the
number of single-parent families.
