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Young Families in Debt


Family Economics Review, quoted in U.S.A.Today, May 20, 1991, p. D1

Spending habits of young married couples with children (both spouses 18 to 25):

Average after-tax income, $19,783.

Average annual spending, $21,401.

(they are spending around 8% more than they make.)