1988, only 30 percent were.
Most of the losses poor nonelderly families are explained by reductions in the contributions of men to family income. As is well known, more and more families are poor because they lack a male breadwin-

The Change in Family Incomes, 1979-88
(Nonelderly Families)
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The stark portrait of inequality above changes if the elderly are included: Then, only the poorest quintile loses ground (five per...