Compare Your Family with the Average U.S. Family

Think about some of the characteristics of your family—your current family or the family you grew up in. Are there two parents? Do both parents work? What is the total family income? If there are young children, who acts as caregiver? If married, how old were the partners at the time of their marriage? Has either partner been divorced? What is the educational attainment of family members? Were all family members born in the United States? Does the family own a home? Choose two such characteristics and determine how your family compares to the rest of the U.S. population by visiting the U.S. Census Bureau Web site. You can do a search at the Census Bureau Web site, but you may find it easier to begin by clicking on Subjects A to Z and viewing the alphabetical menu of topics. (Topics include children, divorce, education, family, foreign born, home ownership, households, income, living arrangements, and marriage.)