vitrine · corridor · pairwise

1960s ↔ 2000s

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 2000s all corridors

A median home — affordability

1960s ↔ 2000s

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)

2000s · Tier A

74.3 male, 79.7 female (77.0 total, all races)

Infant mortality

deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births

1960s · Tier A

26.0 per 1,000 live births

2000s · Tier A

6.9 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)

2000s · Tier A

11.3% (31.5 million people in poverty)

Homeownership

% of occupied housing units owner-occupied

Complete plumbing

% of homes with complete plumbing

1960s · Tier A

83.2% of homes had complete plumbing (16.8% lacked)

2000s · Tier A

~99.5% of homes had complete plumbing (~0.5% lacked)

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

2000s · Tier A

87% of homes had AC (61% central AC)

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.

Men's unpaid home production

hours per week, prime-age men

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.

2000s · Tier A

Food $8,622/yr (13.9% of expenditure). Food at home $4,846 (56% of food), food away from home $3,776 (44%). Key items: meats/poultry/fish/eggs $1,140, fruits/vegetables $780, cereals/bakery $666, dairy $556, beef $344. Total expenditure: $62,215.