Looking for work became a bigger job after the Great Recession, according to an analysis of American Time Use Survey data by the Federal Res...

Among the nearly 4 million babies born in 2013, a substantial 40.6 percent were born to a single mother, according to the National Center fo...

Disturbing findings have emerged from a Federal Reserve Board survey of the economic well-being of American households in 2013. While the av...

Who lies? Apparently older people lie more than younger ones, according to a Harris survey  that asked Americans about lying. When asked w...

The weather killed more than 10,000 Americans in the 2006-10 time period, according to a report by the National Center for Health Statistics...

Fourteen percent of Americans aged 15 or older (one in seven) shop for groceries on an average day. Women are more likely than men to get gr...

The recovery in consumer spending in the aftermath of the Great Recession has been unusually slow, according to an analysis by the Federal R...

Median amount households have saved for retirement, 2014 (and 2007), by generation... Boomers: $127, 000 ($75,000) Gen Xers: $70,000 ($32...

As people age, their health declines. That's a given. But how steep is the decline and is it the same for everyone? These are the questi...

Median household income was $53,891 in June 2014, according to Sentier Research, a statistically insignificant $368 more than in May after a...

The median net worth of American households continues to decline, according to a research brief for the Recession Trends initiative, a joint...

In a first-of-a-kind analysis, the Urban Institute examines how debt varies by state and metropolitan area. The researchers examined 2013 cr...

Homeownership rate of householders aged 30 to 34, second quarter 2014: 46.5% The homeownership rate of householders aged 30 to 34 ...

Few overweight 8-to-15-year-olds perceive themselves as being overweight, according to a study by the National Center for Health Statistics....

Percentage of Americans who have ever purchased clothing online, by generation... Total adults: 69% Millennials: 68% Gen Xers: 77% Boom...

How much do Americans spend out-of-pocket on health care expenses—the co-pays, deductibles, and other amounts not covered by insurance? Amon...

College debt is a burden, but the benefits outweigh the costs for those who earn a bachelor's degree, according to a study by the Federa...

In 2013, the nation's fertility rate hit an all-time low of 62.9 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44. Only 3,958,000 babies were born. ...

The computer and mathematical occupational category has long been one of the younger professions, but the nation's computer whizzes are ...

For more than 100 years, the USDA has recorded how much ice cream we eat. In 1909, the first year on record, Americans consumed only 1.6 pou...