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Where’s Daddy?

By Econ70 | 05/08/2013

In 2011, 4.1 million women gave birth, 36% of which were unmarried, up from 31% in 2005. 57% of women without a high-school degree, 49% of women with a high-school diploma, 40% of women with some college and 8.8% of women with a bachelor’s who gave birth were unmarried. States with the highest percentages of…

The Game of Life

By Econ70 | 06/21/2012

If you follow these rules: complete a high school degree, work full time, and wait until 21 to get married and have a baby, then you have only a 2% chance of being in poverty and a 72% chance of joining the middle class (earning $55,000+). However, if you violate all three rules, you have…