All ages: More Americans are living in multigenerational family households, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S Census data. A record 64 million Americans, or 20% of the population, lived with multiple generations under one roof in 2016, despite improvements in the economy. That’s up from 17% in 2009. Multigenerational family living is growing among nearly all U.S. racial groups, Hispanics, most age groups and both men and women. A multigenerational household is defined as one including two or more adult generations, or including grandparents and grandchildren younger than 25. Read more.
Lost and found: U.S. airlines are getting better at many things except getting you to your destination on time, The Associated Press reports. They are losing fewer bags, complaints are down and—on the anniversary of a man getting dragged off a plane because a crew member needed his seat—airlines are bumping fewer passengers. That’s the upshot of a report issued by academics who analyze numbers compiled by the Transportation Department. The authors ranked Alaska Airlines first, followed closely by Delta Air Lines in a report released today. Budget carriers Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines finished at the bottom.
Going mobile: More low-income Americans have access to vehicles than they did a decade ago, before the Great Recession, according to a Governing analysis of U.S. Census data. Only 20% of adults living in poverty in 2016 reported that they had no access to a vehicle. That’s down from 22% in 2006. Meanwhile, the access rates among all Americans was virtually the same—6.6%—between those two years. A subtle shift in car usage could have big impacts on transit ridership and other transportation policies, and public officials are still trying to determine how to respond. Read more.
