The U.S. Department of Labor’s National Database of Childcare Prices reported that full-day care for one child in 2022 ranged from about $6,552 to $15,600 per year depending on the child’s age, provider type, and location. That represented
American Time Use Survey data reported that employed adults living with a child under age 6 averaged about 3.0 hours of leisure per day in 2024, compared with about 4.5 hours for employed adults with no minor children.
Administrative-burden research identifies three recurring costs imposed on people dealing with institutions: learning costs, compliance costs, and psychological costs.
In a controlled human experiment involving 22 women, researchers measured oxytocin before and after two kinds of social conversation. Oxytocin increased significantly after the women engaged in gossip—a socially bonding form of conversation
A 2024 systematic review reports that female athletes are four to six times more likely than male athletes to sustain an ACL injury. The risk is especially important after puberty and involves anatomical, biomechanical and neuromuscular fac
In 1983, the first year for which the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has comparable union-membership data, 20.1% of wage and salary workers were union members. In 2025, the union-membership rate was 10.0%. That is a decline of 10.1 percent
BLS reports that labor-force participation among people age 65 and older reached a low of 10.8% in 1985. By 2024, 19.5% of people age 65 and older were working or actively looking for work.
A JAMA analysis estimated that total U.S. medical marketing spending on drugs, disease-awareness campaigns, health services, and laboratory testing increased from $17.7 billion in 1997 to $29.9 billion in 2016, measured in 2016 dollars.
AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving reported that many family caregivers perform complex medical or nursing tasks, but only 22% received training for those tasks in 2025.
Christian and Buddhist source texts both warn against organizing life around acquisition or craving. Jesus warns that life does not consist in an abundance of possessions (Luke 12:15). The Dhammapada repeatedly treats uncontrolled desire an
