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In his song "We Didn't Start the Fire", Billy Joel references 57 people. Three of them are still alive.

As is customary for the New Year, we set resolutions that we will definitely accomplish before the next year arrives.

Given the season, I wondered about the time we spend with others and who we spend our limited hours with.

Is your salary high, low, or somewhere in the middle? What do people with higher salaries than you do for a living?

Women and men tend to spend their days differently in the United States. Varying responsibilities and priorities will do that.

Here is how middle-income varies across the states and the country overall, by household size.

The cost of living varies across the United States, depending on what you're buying. See the differences in this chart.

Just under half of adults in the United States said they had an alcoholic beverage in the past 30 days. Does this change for various groups?

Salaries vary by occupation. These charts show the spread.

The seven-year itch suggests that people grow dissatisfied with marriage and long-term relationships…

See how common activities were for a given time of day, age, and sex.

People stay single longer, marry later, divorce less, and widow older.

You might be surprised that the combination of beer and fireworks doesn't always work out.

People tend to marry or partner with those closer to their age. However, some venture outside the typical range.

Because everyone who is 30 years and older loves getting asked when they're going to settle down and get married.