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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Future Child. 2011 Spring;21(1):43–70. doi: 10.1353/foc.2011.0003

Table 2.

Children’s Living Arrangements by Race, Ethnicity, and Generational Status

Parental marital and residential status
Other adults in the household
Married Cohabit-
ing
Single
parent
No
resident
parent
Grand-
parent
Other relative Non-
relative
N
Hispanic
  1st generation 51.6 17.7 23.2 7.5 5.4 29.6 6.2 7,099
  2nd generation 53.7 20.9 22.5 2.9 7.7 24.4 4.6 24,393
  2.5 generation 49.9 17.5 29.1 3.5 12.5 13.8 3.4 8,901
  3rd+ generation 43.6 18.1 32.2 6.1 14.0 14.5 4.8 21,641
Asian
  1st generation 62.9 19.7 12.7 4.7 7.7 21.2 3.0 2,595
  2nd generation 66.5 20.2 11.4 1.9 14.9 16.3 1.5 6,709
  2.5 generation 60.8 20.7 16.0 2.5 11.8 12.1 2.7 2,217
  3rd+ generation 50.5 22.1 23.3 4.1 10.8 11.5 5.1 6,770
Black
  1st generation 44.8 14.2 34.7 6.2 5.8 31.2 1.6 954
  2nd generation 48.6 18.0 30.6 2.8 10.4 19.6 2.2 2,250
  2.5 generation 36.6 16.8 42.6 4.0 11.2 13.5 3.9 1,417
  3rd+ generation 23.9 11.4 55.3 9.4 14.7 15.8 4.3 33,018
Non-Hispanic white
  1st generation 63.7 19.2 13.1 4.0 3.1 19.1 3.1 2,281
  2nd generation 65.1 21.6 12.1 1.2 7.7 14.8 1.6 3,979
  2.5 generation 61.6 20.6 16.2 1.7 5.9 10.1 2.6 6,880
  3rd+ generation 58.0 20.0 19.0 3.0 5.9 12.2 3.7 174,618

Source: 2005-2009 March CPS

Sample: Children ages 0-17