In Helling v. Carey (1974), the Washington Supreme Court ruled that eye doctors were negligent for not giving a 32-year-old patient a simple pressure test for glaucoma, even though the accepted professional practice at the time was not to r
In 2024, 22.7 million U.S. renter households — 49% of all renter households — spent more than 30% of their income on housing.
WHAT “COST BURDENED” MEANS
A household is generally described as housing-cost burdened when it spends more than 30
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 prohibited discrimination in credit transactions on the basis of sex or marital status. Regulation B subsequently required creditors to make individual credit accounts available to creditworthy marri
Pew Research Center’s synthesis of historical time-diary data found that mothers averaged about 8 hours per week of paid work in 1965 and about 21 hours per week in 2011.
In 1970, median family income was about 47.3% above the income needed to qualify for the median existing home. In the current 2024–2026 benchmark used in the Home Economics research, buying the median-priced home with a standard 10% down pa
In the CDC’s 2021 National Health Interview Survey, 64.8% of U.S. adults reported taking prescription medication during the previous 12 months. The rate was 70.9% for women and 58.4% for men.
Progesterone is active in bone metabolism. Jerilynn Prior’s work describes estradiol (estrogen) and progesterone as partners in bone remodeling: estradiol restrains bone resorption while progesterone promotes osteoblast activity and new bon
In March 2025, 64% of union workers in private industry had access to a defined-benefit retirement plan, compared with 9% of nonunion private-industry workers. Defined-benefit plans promise retirement benefits according to a formula rather
U.S. Census Bureau estimates for 2022 show median household wealth of $406,000 among homeowners when home equity is included, compared with $9,250 among renters. Even excluding home equity, homeowner median wealth was $156,700.
Peer-reviewed reviews of prescription-drug promotion identify the United States and New Zealand as the only countries that allow direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs.
