31.   It all sounds fun, but pretty darned complicated for the average family, right?

32.   It is based on the price of a basket of goods purchased by the average family.

33.   Just as the gap between ordinary and huge incomes has widened, the effort by average families to keep up has increased dramatically.

34.   Just your average young family.

35.   My guess is that the average American family is not engaging in nearly enough holiday-related activities.

36.   Not exactly an issue of deep concern to the average working-class family.

37.   Some, however, wondered whether the findings from this study fit the average American family.

38.   So tax cuts that supposedly are directed at an average family by imposing an income ceiling might exclude many of those in New York.

39.   Ten years ago, according to other research, the average American family owned two television sets.

40.   That means the average family must work for more than six months to afford a typical car or truck, before taxes.