That is a major reason why the average American family feels poorer today than the average family of 1968.

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And men from poorer family backgrounds increase their earnings more than men from more affluent homes.

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The family is still poorer when government spends an ever higher percentage of the gross domestic product.

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And gold is telling us that the average U.S. family is getting poorer.

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But his search for a better life has brought only horrors and left his family back home poorer than ever.

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For the children of the poor, education is emphasised: the poorer your family, the worse, on average, you do at school, and the worse your chances of getting a good job, or any job at all.

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Small houses, barely more than shanties, and "shotgun" two-family structures were common in the poorer neighborhoods.

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Also, one of them told me they rather enjoy letting all these poorer relations into the family.

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The collapse of the traditional family has made black Americans far poorer and lonelier than they would otherwise have been.

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The Family and Parenting Institute also warned that poorer grandparents were at risk of being exploited by the state as a "cheap safety net for childcare".

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In poorer countries, where a larger part of family income is spent on food, unpredictable harvests and volatile food prices can lead to social unrest.

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