The job market is a whole lot better than it was during the worst of the Great Recession, but around 7 million American men between the ages of 25 and 54 – mostly too old to be in school and too young to retire – are neither working nor looking for work.

How many people in the United States work full time?

Today, 70 percent of American children live in households where all adults are employed.”. U.S. Department of Labor statistics back up this data, and notes that 75% of those women working full time. I don’t care who stays home and who works in terms of gender (work opportunity equality for all – it’s a family choice).

How many men in prime age are not working?

That amounts to 12% of all men in those prime working ages – and that doesn’t count another 2 million who are looking for work but haven’t found it. The large number of prime-age men who are on the sidelines is a problem that that predates the Great Recession.

Why are so many people dropping out of the work force?

But for many, probably most, dropping out of the work force not only means a lack of income but also a loss of the dignity that comes with not working. What’s more, dropping out of the labor force is “associated with depression, with drug use, with suicide, with a range of bad outcomes,” he notes.

What are the rights of an unemployed wife in a divorce?

In these states, most of the property that was acquired during the marriage, including wages for the working spouse, will be considered community property and divided equally between the spouses. All other states are “equitable distribution” states.

Can a working spouse get spousal support in a divorce?

The court may also issue an order requiring the working spouse to pay the unemployed spouse temporary support for any necessary expenses. At the termination of the divorce proceedings, the judge will likely award you some form of spousal support in the divorce.

Is it true that women with younger husbands die young?

As was reported when his study first came out in 2010, Drefahl found that women with younger husbands – so-called “cougars” – die young, as do men with older wives and women with older husbands. (I use “cougar” for brevity: as I will explain later, it’s a horrible term.)