Table 4.
Children’s Living Arrangements by Generational Status for Selected National Origin Groups
| Parental marital and residential status |
Other adults in the household |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Married | Cohabit- ing |
Single parent |
No resident parent |
Grand- parent |
Other relative |
Non- relative |
N | |
| Mexican | ||||||||
| 1st generation | 55.3 | 18.4 | 18.4 | 7.9 | 4.4 | 32.5 | 6.4 | 4,455 |
| 2nd generation | 57.0 | 21.5 | 19.0 | 2.6 | 6.9 | 24.8 | 4.5 | 17,357 |
| 2.5 generation | 51.9 | 17.1 | 27.3 | 3.6 | 13.1 | 13.8 | 3.6 | 5,746 |
| 3rd+ generation | 45.2 | 17.7 | 30.9 | 6.2 | 14.6 | 14.2 | 4.8 | 14,806 |
| SE-Asian1 | ||||||||
| 1st generation | 59.9 | 20.2 | 13.5 | 6.4 | 7.9 | 28.7 | 5.7 | 213 |
| 2nd generation | 59.8 | 20.6 | 15.4 | 4.1 | 14.9 | 25.5 | 1.1 | 793 |
| 2.5 generation | 51.6 | 18.7 | 21.4 | 8.4 | 12.7 | 10.6 | 3.8 | 232 |
| Black Caribbean1 | ||||||||
| 1st generation | 29.1 | 18.6 | 42.3 | 10.0 | 13.5 | 43.6 | 1.3 | 177 |
| 2nd generation | 35.2 | 22.1 | 38.2 | 4.6 | 17.1 | 24.2 | 1.9 | 697 |
| 2.5 generation | 30.8 | 12.6 | 51.9 | 4.7 | 11.9 | 16.7 | 3.4 | 364 |
Source: 2005-2009 March CPS
Sample: Children ages birth to seventeen
1
Comparable information on the 3rd+ generation not available due to data limitations