What about all those two-earner families that are barely scraping by?

He is part of a two-earner family; his wife is an assistant school principal.

Many live in two-earner families, in some cases with one spouse working at a third job.

In 1997, the median income for a two-earner family was $55,000, $22,000 of which went to pay Federal, state and local taxes.

It is like the second checkbook of a two-earner family.

Some sociologists attribute the decline to the increase in the number of two-earner families.

The increase in two-earner families has just offset these negative factors.

The two-earner family is playing a role in swelling the labor force.

You have to be a two-earner family today to qualify for the middle class.

Even middle-income, two-earner families often find the cost of quality child care prohibitive.