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		<title>Modern Parenthood</title>
		<link>http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/03/14/modern-parenthood-roles-of-moms-and-dads-converge-as-they-balance-work-and-family/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 04:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Parker  and Wendy Wang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Overview The way mothers and fathers spend their time has changed dramatically in the past half century. Dads are doing more housework and child care; moms more paid work outside the home. Neither has overtaken the other in their “traditional” realms, but their roles are converging, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modern Parenthood Slideshow</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 04:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Caumont</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The way mothers and fathers spend their time has changed dramatically in the past half century.]]></description>
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		<title>A Recovery No Better than the Recession</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 05:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rakesh Kochhar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The median income of American households decreased by as much in the two years after the official end of the Great Recession as it did during the recession itself. The latest estimates from the Census Bureau show that the median income for U.S. households in 2011 was $50,054.1 In 2009, the year the Great Recession [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Third of Americans Now Say They Are in the Lower Classes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Morin  and Seth Motel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The percentage of Americans who say they are in the lower-middle or lower class has risen from a quarter of the adult population to about a third in the past four years, according to a national survey of 2,508 adults by the Pew Research Center. Not only has the lower class grown, but its demographic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Says a Secure Job Is the Ticket to the Middle Class</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Wang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Americans believe that having a secure job is by far the most important requirement for being in the middle class, easily trumping homeownership and a college education, according to a new nationwide Pew Research Center survey of 2,508 adults. Nearly nine-in-ten adults (86%) say a person needs a secure job to be considered part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Gender Reversal On Career Aspirations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Patten  and Kim Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a reversal of traditional gender roles, young women now surpass young men in the importance they place on having a high-paying career or profession.]]></description>
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		<title>Women, Work and Motherhood</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A sampler of recent Pew Research survey findings.]]></description>
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		<title>The Demographics of the Jobs Recovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rakesh Kochhar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hispanics and Asians are gaining jobs at a faster rate in the economic recovery than are blacks and whites, immigrants are outpacing the native born, and men are faring better than women.]]></description>
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		<title>Labor Force Growth Slows, Hispanic Share Grows</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rakesh Kochhar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hispanics will account for three-quarters of the growth in the nation’s labor force from 2010 to 2020, according to new projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). One major reason is that the Hispanic population is growing rapidly due to births and immigration. At the same time, the aging of the non-Hispanic white population is expected to reduce their numbers in the labor force.]]></description>
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		<title>Young, Underemployed and Optimistic</title>
		<link>http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2012/02/09/young-underemployed-and-optimistic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pew Social Trends Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Young adults hit hard by the recession. A plurality of the public believes young adults, rather than middle-aged or older adults, are having the toughest time in today’s economy.]]></description>
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