average joe terms average joe ordinary joe males ordinary average plain jane females primarily north_america refer completely average person typically average american image hypothetical completely average person describe existing person parallel terms languages local exist worldwide today statistics provide information societal attributes referred average individual attributes easily identified average median income characteristics family arrangements identified average example single household arrangement constituted total households married couples children common households nonetheless inaccurate state average american lives childless couple arrangement average characteristics easier identify terms social class average american described middle working class social classes lack distinct boundaries average american status area lower middle upper working class overlap overall average american age older roughly year college degree married divorced lifetime lives home suburban setting holds white collar office job average common fodder characters television movies comics novels radio dramas television examples average include king queens half men simpsons film true story protagonist peter owns gym don want intensive patrons gym somewhat overweight gym named gymnasium real life chronicled bestseller average american extraordinary search nation ordinary citizen successfully completed nationwide search person average united_states multi year span starting newsweek proclaimed book journey run mill remarkable families united_states highly diverse nation surprising single prevalent household arrangement nuclear family consisting married couple children seen average american family households constitute quarter households married couples children currently households compared nuclear families households consisted single persons residing recent trends shown numbers nuclear families childless married couples decrease households consisted nuclear families childless couples making households households arranged family types percentage nuclear families decreased number family types increased percentage single households steadily increased households consisted singles figure increased singles households drastic increase percentage households single males nearly doubled today longer refer nuclear family average american household identify current married couples children average recent statistics indicate average american family arrangement american society home wide diverse variety family arrangements thing data indicate average joe likely reside nuclear person family nuclear family version people think think family old definition family nuclear longer adequate cover wide diversity household arrangements today according social scientists edwards arisen term family meant describe great family forms including single parent families child free couples marriages statement americans marry lifetime marriage commonly ending divorce today little half household include married couple showing significant decrease households included married couple current trends indicate people marrying later higher divorce rates despite declining prevalence marriage quarters americans marry lifetime average age marriage male female americans likely divorce marriages conclude prevalent average household arrangement americans average joe married divorced considerable number americans income income united_states commonly measured individual household median personal income earned average joe average jane largely determined included statistics personal income statistics given accordance variety demographic characteristics median income million persons age including age vast majority students working excluded median income people age age quarters median income figure employed time students working teenagers unemployed depending working time included average american makes households households income result considerable household personal income recent studies conducted harvard professor shown average american household needs order live commonly perceived middle class lifestyle median income household member means average joe earns roughly year lives household income gross annual income member personal income changes considerably life time average american age age young old persons commonly considered average americans source income education population equally divided attended college minority americans graduated college bachelor degree slight majority americans college education associates degree roughly having graduate degree end strata persons graduate high school fair assume average joe jane college graduate high school drop difficult determine average american college education population split attend college past half century educational population significantly increased income individual college education similar overall mean personal income mean personal income college education compared overall population age older earnings mean income high school graduate hand considerably national mean personal income estimated overall despite slight decrease percentage high school graduates significantly slower growth college graduate average american educated today having graduated high school likely necessarily attended college source social class terms social class average american referred member middle working class largely result differing class models definitions constitutes member middle class currently vast majority americans self identify middle class experts field brought forth different theories americans professionals managers lack college degrees average american described lower middle working class wants believe middle class people wage scale phrase certain group led definition stretched like cord autonomy key factor regards class positions professionals managers exclusively labeled middle class upper middle class create consult jobs great expertise enjoy high degree autonomy work place american economy require labor force consisting solely professionals instead requires greatly diverse specialized labor force majority americans complete assigned tasks considerably autonomy creative freedom professionals leading theory better described members working class occupation americans today white collar employees work varied environments including offices retail outlets hospitals roughly quarter americans employed traditional blue collar fields require hard physical labor employed service industry office administrators largest single occupation united_states million median income near national median overall employed office administrative support service sales constituted labor force employed business professional professional support nurses labor force combined white collar employees including service workers restaurant serves hotel constituted labor force service workers excluded employed white collar educational varied greatly depending field professional professional support fields having bachelor degree higher compared employed sales service sector considering fact average american bachelor degree likely employed service sales office support fields working professional support business fields american economy labor force changed greatly middle 20th century workers today employed office service according data vast majority housing units united_states owner occupied fewer room including kitchen dining room living room etc overwhelming majority housing units fewer housing housing units vast majority housing units households spending annual income mortgage payments median value housing unit median mortgage payment average size household persons housing units having fewer occupants room term room exclusively refer includes kitchen dining room family room bath rooms rooms house american homes fewer median number total rooms housing units considering statistics conclude average american resides home pays roughly month mortgage payments bedroom house room data identified series housing characteristics units owner occupied units inhabited households average ranging median square footage homes occupied middle income households homes having median value homes median year construction middle income households tended spend roughly monthly income housing considering statistics likely average americans reside square foot homes priced slightly built late 1960s early 1970s taken income slightly average
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