European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Return of the american family by Randolph Schmid associated press he traditional american family of two parents and children is making a comeback. 33 baby Boomers finally Start marrying and having offspring a population newsletter reports. Alter declining Sload ily Lor several years the number of married couples Wilh children under 18 increased by 420,000 Between 1935 and 1986, according to the numbers news a newsletter specializing in population information statisticians at the newsletter used unpublished Dala to separate married couples Wilh children from those without. Using data from the March 1986 current population Survey Hay calculated there were �4,630,000 married couples with children in he United slates up from 24,210,000 a year earlier. That increase reverses a steady decline in this group which had lolled nearly 25 million in 1980. The main Point is that the numbers Are reflecting what people have been assuming thai finally the baby Boomers Are settling Down. They be Ormed families and now they be got kids Thomas Exter research editor at the newsletter sad from his Ithaca n.y., office. As the giant generation born to years allowing world War ii entered the Normal Ages for marriage and child bearing a Sharp increase in such families did not occur rather population experts in recent years have been confronted by Low birth Rales and Many childless marriages As Young people chose to pursue education and careers and Pul off starting families now in statistics from one year become a trend they May have begun reverting to More traditional patterns. The biggest increase in married couples Wilh children occurred among people aged 25 to 34, increasing by 161,00010 8.784,000, Exter reported. The second largest group was aged 35 to 44, with married couples with children rising by 152,000 to 9,791,000. Even the 45-54 age group had an increase of 101,000 couples with children to 3,883,000. The newsletter reported. White these figures do reverse a trend not Allol the increase is due to couples finally of baby Boomers Are settling  marrying and having children. Enter noted. Tha number of married couple families with children is affected by several factors including divorce rates remarriage rates and the rate at which youngsters grow up and leave Home indeed that last rate will Likely became a actor within a few years As the children of the oldest baby Boomers those who did marry and reproduce earlier mature and leave the nest. When that happens to is possible that the share of households made up of married couples with children will again begin to fall. Blacks stress linked to higher blood pressure by Gayle Young United press International health officials have known for decades that Blacks Are twice As Likely to have High blood pressure As Are Whites but Only recently have they begun to understand Why. A new study suggests the two races respond differently under stress and doctors say other studies indicate there Are biological differences As Well thai could account far abnormally High blood pressure or hypertension in Blacks. The prevalence of the disease has also led to a High rate of corresponding strokes and heart attacks in Black populations doctors said there have been a number of hypotheses but now we have some hard data said Norman Banderson professor of psychology at Duke University medical Center and a leading researcher on Blacks end stress. People used to believe it was because Blacks ate More Salt than  he said.  studies suggest that s not the Case. In act they appear to eat less. Data suggests that there Are some biological differences in the Way the kidneys of Blacks handle sodium he said. And a number of other researchers Are looking into How Blacks react physically to  one of those researchers Neil Schneiderman professor of psychology at the University of Miami recently completed a three year study of 120 people Erma Bombeck Black and White that indicates Blacks Harbor More anger than Whites and that their bodies react differently under stress. Schneiderman said the men and women chosen for his study were of comparable age and income and had similar diets. Hall had hypertension and the other Hall did not. The subjects periodically underwent Laboratory tests to measure stress during difficult interviews video games and immersion in cold water. Technicians measured the Levels of stress induced hormones in the subjects bodies both during the tests and at rest As Well As their blood pressure. At not Blacks tended to hive More stress induced hormones in their systems than whiles Schneiderman said. White women had the lowest Levels of the hormones which Are linked to hypertension Trio discrepancy Between Whites and Blacks can partially be explained by the fact thet so Lew White females have hypertension. They bring the average Down Schneiderman said. Black males and females have the condition just about  Schneiderman do Covard thai Blacks and Whites differed in their physical responses to the stress tests during stressful episodes the vascular system in Blacks tended to constrict More than the whiles he said. The constricted veins and arteries Force blood through 1he body at a greater Speed leading to hypertension. The subjects also were interviewed periodically to determine How they perceived heir lives and How much stress they had to contend with Fay to Day. Schneiderman said this portion of his study showed that Blacks especially Black men Harbor More anger for longer periods of time than do Whites to some extent Blacks have More anger than White he said. That additional stress could account in part for higher blood  Anderson said University of Michigan studies have shown that Blacks who live in High crime neighbourhoods tend to have higher blood pressure than Doy hit a who live in the same neighbourhoods. There have also been studies at the University of North Carolina that show when exposed to stress s lacks May have a tendency to increase sodium retention another Factor in hypertension he said. Anderson said Blacks and Whites even respond differently to hypertension medications Blacks lend not to respond to Beta blockers but do better on diuretics he said of the two major treatments of the disease. Anderson said the studies of Blacks and hypertension have gone beyond America to other countries in which Blacks live. Studies show that Blacks in other countries have the same High rata of hypertension that Blacks in the United states have. But a recent study showed that Blacks living in industrialized nations in Africa have higher blood pressure than Hose who live in More Rural countries. We still have a lot More to find out Anderson said. Parents Are always complaining that their kids never talk to them. I have never had a problem communicating. I can question them openly about anything and they will respond. Take the other night. One of hem Carne in late and i padded out into the hallway where Mother and son had a real dialogue at 2 . Q is that you a who did you think it was q what time is it a what time do you think in is q we had your Mavorite dinner tonight. Pork chops and applesauce. Did you eat a Don t i always q what do people do at 2am.?" a Hava you forgotten 0 Yea. Did you see Greg Loni Ghl a did he Call 0 did i say he did a did a or did t he q no but Lisa  a what did she want q Shu did t say. Did you gel Gas for the car a did t i say i would at this Point he went into the bathroom and 1 had to continue the conversation through the crack in the door o Are there any towels in there a Aren t there always q when with you Slop taking things Tor granted a do i do that q did i Tell you to be Home at 6 Friday it s grandma s  a Don t you remember q is the water hot a what 0 "1 said is the water hot a Why would t it be q do you want me to Call you late in the morning a How late is late o nine ish a Are you serious i m going o bed. It s wonderful that we can talk together like this. A lot of kids when they reach your age become uncommunicative and you Don t know what they re doing or what they re thinking. Am i Lucky or what Don t answer  lot Angh Tutti synd Titt Page 18 the stars and stripes monday january 19,1967