News tagged with households
Callers of all incomes ditching landlines for cell
Dec 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The number of households with cell phones but no landlines continues to grow, but the recession doesn't seem to be forcing poor cellular users to abandon their traditional wired phones any faster than higher-income ...
Comcast-NBC deal shows future is in content
Dec 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Comcast Corp. is buying control of NBC Universal from GE largely because Comcast wants to own more movies and TV shows. The point is to give it a position of strength if fewer people sign up for its ...
How green is your house? Recycling favorite activity among Brits says new survey
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Seventy percent of households always separate their rubbish for recycling, but only 2 percent buy their energy on a green tariff, according to the early findings of a major new annual household survey, called "Understanding ...
4 in 10 US families lack money for essential household expenses when unemployed
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Today the Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP) at Brandeis University's Heller School released a new research and policy brief which reports that four in ten U.S. families lack sufficient assets to pay for essential ...
We all want the latest tech toy, study says
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Like it or not, we're now officially a nation of technology-obsessed, gadget-loving geeks.
Family stability may be more crucial than two parents for child success
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Aug 31, 2009 |
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The advantage that children get from living in two-parent families may actually be due to family stability more than the fact that their parents are married. A new study finds that children who who are born and grow up in ...
For struggling single moms, 3-generation households are better than 2
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Aug 03, 2009 |
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Living in a three-generation household can significantly enhance the economic well-being of children, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Southern California and the University of Massachusetts, ...
Study finds significant number of kids experience family homelessness
Jul 28, 2009 |
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A new multisite study by UCLA and RAND Corp. researchers and colleagues has found that 7 percent of fifth-graders and their families have experienced homelessness at some point in their lives and that the occurrence is even ...
Survey: Family time eroding as Internet use soars
Jun 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Whether it's around the dinner table or just in front of the TV, U.S. families say they are spending less time together.
Living longer on less: The new economic (in)security of seniors in Massachusetts
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Mar 27, 2009 |
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The New Economic (In)Security of Seniors, issued today by the Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP) at Brandeis University finds that Massachusetts seniors face widespread financial insecurity. Almost 7 in 10 senior ...
American seniors living longer on less, study
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Older Americans have experienced huge, negative financial shifts that now make it more difficult to enter retirement with sustainable economic security, a new study finds. Seventy-eight percent of all senior households are ...
Households significantly reduce electricity use when prices rise
Oct 29, 2008 |
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A new study in the RAND Journal of Economics examined how quickly households change their electricity use when prices rise and fall rapidly. Results show that when electricity prices increase, the average household rapidl ...
Study finds link between a mother's stress and her child becoming overweight
Sep 09, 2008 |
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A mother's stress may contribute to her young children being overweight in low income households with sufficient food, according to a new Iowa State University study published in the September issue of Pediatrics, the pr ...
Depression common among Rwandan youth who head households
Sep 02, 2008 |
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More than half of orphaned youth age 12 to 24 who head households in rural Rwanda meet criteria for depression, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
Reckless Spending, Not Illness or Job Loss, Causes Most Bankruptcy
Aug 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Simple overspending has driven most personal bankruptcies in recent years, a change from previous decades when illness and unemployment were major factors, concludes a new study from the University of California, ...
