TABLE 1—

Participants’ Sociodemographic Characteristics, by Immigrant Status: National Survey of America’s Families, 1999

		US Born		Foreign Born
	No.	Citizen Parents (n = 31 888a), %	Noncitizen Parents (n = 1077a), %	Citizen (Naturalized) (n = 190a), %	Noncitizen (n = 837a), %
Age, y
0–5	10 055	29.45	49.51	13.85	12.53
6–11	10 308	30.44	30.6	26.82	26.34
12–17	13 454	40.11	19.9	59.33	40.19
Gender
Male	17 435	51.37	49.29	44.87	52.28
Female	16 557	48.63	50.71	55.13	47.72
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	22 214	68.95	3.8	21.19	17.49
Non-Hispanic Black	5 217	15.91	5.61	11.33	7.33
Hispanic	5 035	11.41	80.61	20.48	58.51
Other non-Hispanic	1 213	2.75	9.96	47.00	16.67
Family income, % of federal poverty level
< 100	5 885	16.13	42.54	5.48	32.57
100–199	7 664	21.86	35.33	20.06	32.79
200–299	6 701	20.19	9.85	22.29	13.63
≥ 300	13 739	41.81	12.27	52.16	21.01
Parents’ highest education
Less than high school or GED	4 071	10.00	54.04	5.2	34.74
High school or GED	10 140	30.54	18.88	25.54	17.85
More than high school or GED	19 781	59.46	27.08	69.26	47.41
Living arrangement
Does not live with parent(s)	1 353	4.09	0.42	3.33	4.51
Lives with single parent	8 476	24.96	30.14	13.55	19.91
Lives with both parents	24 163	70.95	69.43	83.12	75.58

Note. GED = general equivalency diploma.

^a Unweighted.