vitrine · corridor · pairwise

1960s ↔ 1980s

Fact families the measure guard certifies comparable for this pair. Everything else renders as the gap it is. Every value links to its placard.

Rooms 1960s 1980s all corridors

A median home — affordability

1960s ↔ 1980s
not comparable for this pair — the hours axis needs a structured price and a verified wage anchor in both rooms — not yet curated for this pair

Life expectancy at birth

years (all races, both sexes)

⚠ Decades before the 1960s published white-only male/female life tables with no all-races total — the placard carries the sexed figures and the chart renders the gap rather than a spliced concept.
1960s · Tier A
66.6 male, 73.1 female (69.7 total, all races)
1980s · Tier A
70.0 male, 77.5 female (73.7 total, all races)

Infant mortality

deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births

1960s · Tier A
26.0 per 1,000 live births
1980s · Tier A
12.6 per 1,000 live births

People in poverty

% below the official poverty line

⚠ The official poverty series begins in 1959 — earlier decades have no line.
1960s · Tier A
22.2% (39.9 million people in poverty)
1980s · Tier A
13.0% (29.3 million people in poverty)

Homeownership

% of occupied housing units owner-occupied

1960s · Tier A
61.9%
1980s · Tier A
64.4%

Complete plumbing

% of homes with complete plumbing

1960s · Tier A
83.2% of homes had complete plumbing (16.8% lacked)
1980s · Tier A
~97% of homes had complete plumbing (~3% lacked)

Telephone

% of households

⚠ 1910s–1930s sources counted telephones per 1,000 population, not households — those decades render as gaps rather than a unit splice.
⚠ The 2020s point counts cell phones (92.7%); the landline share is on the placard.
1960s · Tier A
78.3% of households had telephone
1980s · Tier A
92.9% (7.1% without telephone)

Air conditioning

% of households with AC

⚠ The 1980s source bridges 1978 central-AC and 1993 total-AC figures — no single-decade datum, so the decade renders as a gap.
1960s · Tier A
18.8% of households had air conditioning
1980s · Tier A
Central AC 23% (1978 RECS) → total AC 68% (1993 RECS) — see the placard

Women's unpaid home production

hours per week, prime-age women

⚠ The 2020s source (ATUS) measures all-adult household activities, a concept splice from Ramey's women's series — flagged, not smoothed, so the chart renders it as a gap and the placard carries both figures.
1960s · Tier C
40.9
1980s · Tier C
28.4

Men's unpaid home production

hours per week, prime-age men

1960s · Tier C
11.2
1980s · Tier C
13.9

Food's share of spending

% of household expenditure

⚠ Populations differ across the century — 1901 wage-earner families vs modern consumer units; every placard names who was measured.
⚠ The 1950s point is the nearest available survey (CEX 1960–61), stated plainly rather than back-cast.
1960s · Tier A
Food $1,309/yr (24.3% of expenditure). Food away from home $274 (20.9% of food). Local telephone $69/yr.
1980s · Tier A
Food $4,706/yr (15.0% of expenditure). Food at home $2,900 (62% of food), food away from home $1,806 (38%). Key items: meats/poultry/fish/eggs $832, cereals/bakery $410, dairy $404, fruits/vegetables $425, beef $290, fresh milk $202. Total expenditure: $31,408.