Not that his was by any means a typical family.

In the typical family, the mother and father work a combined 81 hours a week.

For the typical black family, income last year was $3,000 higher than in 1992.

But today, there is no such thing as a typical family.

Is the typical American family better off than it was a generation ago?

"The typical family comes in and says it has no food," she said.

The typical family's house is, in fact, only a half room or so larger than it was 30 years ago.

For the typical family of four, it is up by 60 percent.

But there's no such thing as a typical American family anymore.

The typical family will be almost £2,500 a year worse off by 2013.