The average American household lives in a housing unit with a median age of 39, built in 1976, according to the 2015 American housing survey...

Children rule, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research analysis of how parenting has changed over time. The outsized power of ch...

A substantial 41 percent of adults are nappers, according to an AARP survey, which defines nappers as those who take naps at least once a we...

Nationally, the rate of homeownership fell to 63.4 percent in 2016, according to the Census Bureau's Housing Vacancies and Homeownership...

The nation's homeownership rate fell to 63.4 percent in 2016, down from the peak of 69.0 percent in 2004—a 5.6 percentage point decline...

The homeownership rate in 2016 fell to 63.4 percent, according to the Census Bureau's Housing Vacancies and Homeownership Survey—down an...

Of the 1,051,031 immigrants who were granted legal permanent residence in the United States in 2015, the 58 percent majority settled in just...

The United States granted legal permanent residence to 1,051,031 immigrants in 2015. Ten countries accounted for the 52 percent majority of ...

The labor force participation rate of men aged 65 or older climbed to 24.0 percent in 2016, the highest rate since 1972. From an all-time lo...

Homeowners with mortgages are getting older, report researchers from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Analyzing CoreLogic and CRISM dat...

The nation's geographic mobility rate has dropped to a record low. One factor behind the decline is the Millennial generation—younger ad...

The average American adult (aged 20 or older) eats 17.5 teaspoons of added sugars per day. Added sugars are those added to foods and beverag...

Of the nearly 4 million babies born in the United States in 2014, a substantial 65,163 were born with the help of assisted reproductive tech...

If you can, you still might have a hearing problem, according to the CDC. Among adults aged 20 to 69, a substantial 24 percent have noise-in...

The number of Americans under age 65 who do not have health insurance is lower today than it was all the way back in 1972, reports the Natio...

LGBT identification is increasing nationally and in most states, finds a Gallup survey. Nationally, 4.1 percent of Americans identified them...

The public is divided about whether public health is improving or getting worse, and the divide is by generation. Overall, 48 percent of the...

Hmmm, this is bad news. Median household income fell in December 2016 to $57,827—a substantial 1 percent lower than the November 2016 median...

The U.S. health care system may be uniquely inefficient compared to other countries, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research stu...

"Use of Ad-Blocking Software Rises by 30% Worldwide," reports the New York Times . That could be a problem:  "By using softwa...