European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 05, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 5, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 5 whether to have a child is $64,000 question Washington up Junior costs the average Middle class family $64.000 from infancy through College a Popula Tion economist said in a report release tuesday. The estimated Cost jumps to $107.000 if the Mother in a Middle income family sacrificed earnings from a part time Job to stay Home to raise the child Thomas j. Espenshade said in a report for the population reference Bureau. A Middle income family for the study s purposes had an income after taxes of $16,500 $20,000 a year. Com parable child rearing costs for a Low income family with an after tax income of less than $13,500 is $44,000. Despite the great Cost of raising a child the associate professor of economics at Florida state University found families universally underestimate actual economic costs of a child. Espenshade has worked As a Consul Tant for the United nations world popu lation conference studying the costs of child rearing both in the United states and the underdeveloped  per cent of the parents surveyed in a representative sampling in Hawaii agreed raising one child was fairly easy  but the study found otherwise. While Middle income parents said each child Cost 8 per cent of the family annual income actual costs showed 31 per cent of family income was spent on the firstborn child and is per cent of family income was devoted to a second born child he said. The estimated child rearing costs for the Middle income family have jumped More than 50 per cent from the $40,000 Cost per child in 1969, he said. The calculation of $64,000 per child for a Middle income family included 194 for childbirth $53.605 for costs up to i de United states Espenshade said subjective benefits still draw adults to parenthood. Knowing for instance that one child will Cost them on average Between $77, 000 for Low income families with a Mother quitting part time work and $107,000 for Middle income families with a Mother leaving part time work could Well cause Young american Cou Ples to pause before embarking on parenthood Espenshade said. New census Bureau report a lighter moment in the hearing actress Jean Stapleton of the television show All in the family and Curtis Roosevelt grandson of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt share a laugh As they appear before the Senate Energy Schlesinger testifies and natural resources subcommittee on Parks in Washington. They arc trying to establish Eleanor Roosevelt s family Home in Hyde Park n.y., As a National historic me. Up photo Congress opens study of Carter Energy plan Washington a White House Energy adviser James r. Schlesinger gave president Carter s Energy program a formal Send off in Congress on tuesday claiming most americans will be Able to absorb the higher Energy costs. While the president s program might have some initial Adverse effect on the Economy. Schlesinger said its Long run Impact would be minimal and would Averta future economic crisis. Unless we get on with the Job. We re going to have a  Schlesinger told the Senate Energy and natural a sources  s appearance marked the first time an administration official has testified on the Energy program since the resident unveiled it april 20 at a joint House Senate session. Committee chairman Henry m. Jack son. A Wash. Predicted favourable action on most of those parts of the program which will come to this  Bui he said the administration must first provide convincing answers to How much actual Energy would be saved by the plan and what it will Cost the  said that while the higher Energy costs called for by the legislation would be passed on to Consumers in the form of higher prices for a variety of products some of this will be offset by an expected Rise in per capita income. In terms of real income there will be no reduction in americans buying Power. Schlesinger said. However he added we Are going to some extent change the style of american  he also noted that some of the higher costs would be directly returned to Ameri cans through the program s proposed system of direct tax rebates and tax incentives. Schlesinger urged Congress to consider the program which contains 103 Sepa rate pieces of legislation As a Complex whole and not to pick it apart piece by piece or focus Only on the most controversial aspects. He said the plan was carefully tailored to distribute benefits and burdens equitably and that Congress should not at tempt to alter this Basic thrust in three hours of testimony. Sch Lusinger repeatedly defended perhaps the most controversial element of the program the standby gasoline tax. What it will help to do is alter the in grained taste of the american people Schle Igner said. The lax would be levied in yearly five cent a gallon increments beginning in 1979. Up to a maximum of 50 cents a gallon. . Population aging growth rate slowing Washington i a America s popu lation of 210 million persons is growing older and expanding slower than it did a year ago. The Casus Bureau reported  Bureau said the median age of the population jumped from 27 9 years in 1970 to 29.0 in 1978. And it reported that the . Population of 216 million was Only 1.6 million or .7 per cent More in january 1977 than in january 1976.by comparison the population in creased .8 per cent in 1975, aided by the immigration of 130.000 vietnamese refugees to the . It increased 1.1 percent in 1970. The Bureau noted that two factors involved in the trend were the continuing tendency of women to marry later and to have fewer  marrying later it found that 43 per cent of women in their Early 20s were still single in 1976. Compared to 28 per cent in 1960. And it re ported that 42 per cent of women in their Early 20s who had been married remained childless in 1976. Compared to 24 per cent in 1960.the Bureau said the total Fertility rate the number of children the average woman would have at the end of her childbearing years if the rate did not change hit a record Low for the fifth consecutive year dropping from 1.80 in 1975 to 1.76 in 1976. The rate was 2.4 in 1970.the . Population expansion has been generally slowing since the late 1950s, which marked the height of the  War ii baby  social values have had a major Impact on population growth. More women join labor Force social scientists say both the rising Cost of living and the women s movement have encouraged women to join the labor Force the result is that they often postpone marriage and childbirth. It also has become More socially acceptable for unmarried people to live alone or with someone of the opposite sex. The census Bureau also found that the number of children under age 14 declined by 5.5 million in the past six years u 10 3 per cent decrease while the population Over age 65 grew by three million or 14 8 per  population data showed twice As Many unmarried couples an estimated 1.3 million people were living together in iu76 As were in 1970. Also the number of families headed by a woman with no husband present increased by one third during the  divorce rate has doubled since i960, jumping from 2.5 divorces per 1,000 population to 50 divorces per 1.000 Popula Tion. As of March 1976. There were 2.8 Mil lion men and 4.4 million women reported As currently divorced and not remarried. The Bureau estimated that one of every three married persons Between the Ages of 25 and 35 and who were married in 1975 will end their first marriage in divorce if cur rent trends continue. The College enrolment of women Ages 25 to 35 has doubled since 1970 to 910.000 in 1976, meaning More older women Are going Back to school almost half of the women age is Andover earn about $360 less than in 1974. About 12 per cent of the population or 26million persons was below the poverty line of $5,500 for a nonfarm family of four in 1975. That compares with about 11 per cent in 1971 and 22 per cent in 1959between 1970 and 1976. The population in metropolitan areas increased by 4 per cent while it grew by 8 per cent in none troop Litan areas the figures show. The largest numerical population in creases were in Florida which grew by i 6 million. California which grew by 1.5 Mil lion and Texas which grew by 1.3 million. Also the figures show that the Black population in the suburbs has been increasing faster than the White population there. It increased on an annual rate of about 52 per cent for Blacks. Of time May 5, 1947 the russian question a soviet drama about an american who lost his wife Job and borne because he re fused to write an anti russian Book opened in Berlin. The soviets called it faithful depiction of the Black Powers in the ." the americans called u an incorrect and distorted picture of the . Press and Post War America. The germans simply called it Dull. May 5,1957 former president Harry Tuniman charged president Eisenhower with being full of political bunk in his handling of the Federal budget. Truman said the Eisenhower administration is driving him toward socialism with it poli cies that raise interest rates to Home owners and Force the Little fellow out of business. I m not a socialist said Truman taut they re driving me that Way May 5, 1967 communist guerrillas apparently aided by vietnamese Traiton inside a . Special forces Camp invaded the Camp at Lang Vel in South Viet Nam just before Dawn and inflicted heavy casualties on the . And vietnamese de fenders