by Jay
April 6, 2010 in Business
When income is adjusted for family size, the percentage of prime-age American adults earning between $35,000 and $70,000 declined by 12 points between 1979 and 2007. But that’s largely because the percentage earning more than $105,000 increased by 14 points. Over the last 10 years, 60 percent of Americans made more than $100,000 in at least one of those years, and 40 percent had incomes that high for at least three.
by Jay
April 6, 2010 in Society
The American fertility rate is 50 percent higher than Russia, Germany or Japan, and much higher than China. Americans born between 1968 and 1979 are more family-oriented than the boomers before them, and are having larger families.
by Jay
April 6, 2010 in Society
In 2050, only a quarter will be over 60, compared with 31 percent in China and 41 percent in Japan.
by Jay
April 5, 2010 in Social Media
In December 2009, Twitter veterans – members who have used the service for nine or more months – accounted for 26 percent of the activity on the service.
As of March 2010, though, that number has almost doubled, to 41.6 percent. Ninety one percent of the Twitter users polled also said they used the service the same or more than they did six months ago.
