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Home Ownership Nearly 70% of Americans own their homes, a record high, but the rate of homeownership for working families with children is lower than in ’78. The surprising trend is being driven by: soaring housing costs that have overshot wage increases, higher health care bills, and a rise in the number of single parents. Minority working families struggle most. (USA Today 3/21/06)
Black Owned Businesses are among the fastest-growing segments of the U.S. economy, says the Census Bureau. The number of black-owned businesses grew by 45% from ‘97 to ‘02, more than 4 times the overall rate. Blacks now own 5% of all non-farm U.S. businesses. Revenues increased 25%, to about $89 billion. 92% have no employees other than the owner vs. 75% of all U.S. businesses. From ‘97 to ’02 the number of all U.S. businesses grew 10%, to 23 million; the number owned by women grew 20%, to 6.5 million; those owned by men grew 16%, to 13.2 million; Hispanic-owned businesses grew 31%, to nearly 1.6 million while white ownership hit 8%, or 19.9 million. (USA Today 4/18/06)
Home Ownership Nearly 70% of Americans own their homes, a record high, but the rate of homeownership for working families with children is lower than in ’78. The surprising trend is being driven by: soaring housing costs that have overshot wage increases, higher health care bills, and a rise in the number of single parents. Minority working families struggle most. (USA Today 3/21/06)
Top 10 Family Issues 1. Anti-Christian Culture: Stripping away of Christian heritage and traditional values. 2. Divorce: Ongoing wave of broken marriages and families—inside and outside the church. 3. Busyness: Participation in numerous activities crowding out quality family fellowship. 4. Lack of Father Figure: Absence of a father in the home or lack of strong participation in the family. 5. Lack of Discipline: Death of respectful behavior as a norm in schools, churches, and families. 6. Financial Pressures: Chronic misuse of debt and/or financial mismanagement. 7. Lack of Communication: Increasing abbreviation or elimination of meaningful family member interaction. 8. Negative Media Influences: Growing influx of destructiv...
Status Spheres: a variety of lifestyles, activities and persuasions, which can be mixed and matched by consumers looking for recognition from various crowds and scenes. Contrast this with traditional consumption that is about buying more and/or better stuff than fellow consumers. Trend-Watching.com identifies these new consumer status spheres for '08. Transient Sphere: For those driven by experiences instead of the fixed—those who are driven by entertainment, by discovery, by fighting boredom, who increasingly live a transient lifestyle, freeing themselves from the hassles of permanent ownership and possessions. Online Sphere: In an online world or virtual world, social status is all about who you connect to and who wants to connect to you, tribal-style. It also encompasses status gained from the number of views for one's photos on Flickr, to the number of friends on Facebook. Eco Sphere: Millions of consumers are now actively trying to greenify their lives. Giving Sphere: Whether it's giving away your riches, your time, or sharing your (content) creations with total strangers, giving is the new taking. Participative Sphere: For younger (and younger-at-heart) consumers, participation is the new consumption. (TrendWatching.com)
Fast Facts:
· 35% of married born-again Christians have experienced divorce, the same as non born-again married adults.
· The most frequently cited source of conflict in American church congregations is over money.
· China arrested 1,958 Christians in ’05.
· 60% of British readers of the DaVinci Code believe there is some truth in claim Jesus had children by Mary Magdalene.
· 60% of U.S. Christians believe that government policies affect moral values.
· 81% of Americans say the nation’s moral values are getting worse, according to a 5/06 Gallup Poll.
· Only 16% of U.S. megachurches have attendance of over 5,000. 52% attract 2,000 to 3,000 each week.
· A startling 40% of boys are now being raised without their biological fathers. (Newsweek 1/30/06)
· The National Christian Foundation, formed in ‘82 as a way for Christians to support various ministries, recently distributed the organization’s one billionth grant dollar
· Approximately 2.3 million Americans will get divorced this year.
· Over 4 million babies are born in the U.S. each year, with half of those children going to first-time parents.
· CBA has changed the name of its e-newsletter to Industry Briefs and totally redesigned the publication.
· The New Living Translation, Tyndale House, celebrates its 10th anniversary this month.
· Carpentree, a leading Christian wall décor and gift company, turns 30 this year.
· A recent Nielsen survey finds 27.4 million people age 55 and older bought something online in the last 6 months, up from about 26 million in ’05.
· 63 million Americans now do some of their banking online.
· More than 40,000 people will be added to the national organ transplant waiting list this year.
· Births to mothers of 2 or more children rose 4% between ’96 and ’03, 12% since 1984.
· ’06 will mark the first time the Internet grosses more advertising revenue than magazines, reports Advertising Age.
· 1 in 4 Australian parents regularly “borrow” from their children’s piggy banks to pay for bread to luxury holidays.
· Total traditional U.S. department stores sales dropped 13% from ’00 to ’05, from $96.3 billion to $84.1 billion.
· Online purchases totaled $175 billion in ’05, up 22% from ’04.
· Online advertising rose 29% in ’05, topping $12 billion.
· There are 5 million children living in families in the U.S. in which at least one parent is an unauthorized immigrant.
· 439 million people worldwide buy a daily newspaper, another 25 million receive a free daily newspaper.
· The average American believes that 25 is the ideal age for a woman to get married, while for men it is 27.
· Spending by small businesses in the U.S. is estimated to reach $5.3 trillion in ’08.
· FaithWords is the new name for WarnerFaith due to new ownership by Hachette Book Group USA.
· Global trafficking of women and girls for purposes of sexual exploitation rakes in $7 billion every year. (CT 7/06)
· Americans are #1 in national pride, according to a survey of 34 countries.
· The Gates Foundation has given Planned Parenthood Federation almost $12.5 million since ’98.
· More than 100 million people worldwide log on every month to play interactive computer games.
· 33% of mainstream 14-34 year-olds have a social networking page.
· 27% of boys and girls ages 13-18 report talking online about sex with someone they have never met in person.
· 5.9 million Jordanians live in an area slightly smaller than Indiana. Just under 6% are Christians.
· In ’03 there were 10 million single-mother families and 2 million single-father families in the U.S.
· 28% of all U.S. children live in single-parent families.
· 34% of American children live apart from their biological fathers.
· 30% of American babies are born to unwed mothers.
The Top 10 Issues Facing Today’s Family (1) Anti-Christian Culture: Stripping away of Christian heritage and traditional values. (2) Divorce: The ongoing wave of broken marriages and families both in and out of the church. (3) Busyness: Participation in numerous activities crowding out quality family fellowship. (4) Lack of a Father Figure: Absence of a father in the home or lack of strong involvement in the family. (5) Lack of Discipline: Death of respectful behavior as a norm in our schools, churches, and families. (6) Financial Pressures: Chronic misuse of debt and/or mismanagement of financial resources. (7) Lack of Communication: Increasing abbreviation or near elimination of meaningful family member interaction. (8) Negative Media Influences: Growing influx of de...
