WASHINGTON — Americans aren’t getting married or having children the way they once were.

Identifying the causes and how to remedy the issue were at the center of Friday’s discussion at the release of the 11th American Family Survey, hosted by the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.

The report intends to generate thought and discussion about American families and “how it is impacted by politics and how it impacts politics,” said Jeremy C. Pope, report co-author and political science professor at Brigham Young University.

Is America unaffordable?

A major theme of Friday’s panel discussion, moderated by E.J. Dionne of the Brookings Institution, was affordability. Family life has changed over the years, but more Americans today cite affordability as a major concern about raising chil

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