[BushCountry]

Just the opposite is shown. The funny thing is that the overall percentage of adult working greatly increased from 47% to 67%. That is why you are comparing apples to oranges, we have millions upon millions more adults working now (as a percentage of the adult population of the United States) as opposed to the glory years.

[sarcasm]

The percentage of the population in the workforce is an indication of stagnant or declining real wages for a substantial portion of the population. Many women were forced into the workforce to make ends meet.It does not diminish the fact that the average unemployment rate has been increasing.

[A. Pole]

That is why you are comparing apples to oranges, we have millions upon millions more adults working now (as a percentage of the adult population of the United States) as opposed to the glory years.

You mean the years when one wage could support one family?

[ninenot]

Interesting observation.

The massive influx of women into the workforce (beginning around 1968) has had a substantial impact on the cost of labor---DOWNWARD--and has made the phrase "family-supporting job" into a quaint antiquity.