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The Seattle Times: Weak job market keeping families together longer, census reports

By Michael A. Fletcher. The recession reduced the rate at which Americans set up new homes or apartments by at least half. Although the number of new households has begun to recover over the past year, its growth rate continues to lag...

May 01, 2012

...The weak pace of household formation has lasted longer than previous lulls.

"This time it is going to take longer to catch up," said Gary Painter, a University of Southern California economist. "The state of the economy is really the prime factor in keeping households from forming..."

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