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More than half of US families are one paycheck away from homelessness. (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do you mean households? "Families" doesn't make sense as per these kinds of statistics.

[โ€“] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

They probably do, I'd guess they aren't as familiar as us with the jargon. No worries, even though household is the right word, families conveys the right point since we're not driving into a fully academic discussion.