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How do the living arrangements of children vary by race? |
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More than half (57%) of all black children lived with only one parent in 2007 compared with less than one-quarter (23%) of white children. |
| Note: * Persons of Hispanic ethnicity can be of any race; however, most are white. Race proportions include persons of Hispanic ethnicity. |
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- In 2007, more than one-third (37%) of black children lived with both parents. The majority of white children and children of Hispanic ethnicity lived in two-parent homes (74% and 66%, respectively).
- The proportion of children living in two-parent families declined between 1980 and 2007 for white children (83% to 74%), black children (42% to 37%), and children of Hispanic ethnicity (75% to 66%).
- Between 1970 and 2007, the proportion of children living with their mothers in single-parent households increased from 8% to 19% for whites and from 30% to 52% for blacks. For children of Hispanic ethnicity, this proportion increased from 20% in 1980 to 27% in 2007.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/population/qa01202.asp?qaDate=2007.
Released on October 24, 2008. Data Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census. Current Population Survey - Families and Living Arrangements, Historical Tables. Table CH-2: "Living Arrangements of White Children Under 18 Years Old: 1960 to Present;" Table CH-3: "Living Arrangements of Black Children Under 18 Years Old: 1960 to Present;" Table CH-4: "Living Arrangements of Hispanic Children Under 18 Years Old: 1970 to Present." [Internet release date: July 2008]. Web-based data files available at:
www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam.html#ht.
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