>Family structure is itself a class issue. Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, both very poor parts of the world on average, have a higher ratio of married

>Family structure is itself a class issue. Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, both very poor parts of the world on average, have a higher ratio of married couples with children to single parents than do the United States and Canada: https://news.gallup.com/poll/286433/women-worldwide-single-moms.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/286433/women-worldwide-single-m... David Drummond, former head of legal at Google and recipient of $47M in total comp in 2019, had a child with a woman who he abandoned and abruptly cut off: https://www.businessinsider.com/david-drummond-earned-47-million-last-year-2019-8 https://www.businessinsider.com/david-drummond-earned-47-mil... I can provide more anecdotes and data if you like, but my strong sense is that family formation isn't as nearly as tied to class as you think. If anything, low-income people save relatively more money by co-habitating.