Table 1.
US children's (0–17 yrs.) demographic and socioeconomic characteristics by immigrant family type. 2007 NSCH.
| Foreign-born child | US-born child/both immigrant parents | US-born child/one immigrant parent | US-born child/US-born parents | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted % | SE | Weighted % | SE | Weighted % | SE | Weighted % | SE | |
| Total (unweighted) | 2600 | 4622 | 2543 | 81767 | ||||
| Child race/ethnicity | ||||||||
| Hispanic | 56.5 | 2.3 | 64.7 | 1.8 | 36.7 | 2.8 | 12.6 | 0.4 |
| Non-Hispanic white | 15.1 | 1.4 | 5.7 | 0.5 | 39.6 | 2.6 | 63.5 | 0.4 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 11.2 | 1.7 | 6.8 | 0.7 | 6.7 | 1.1 | 15.3 | 0.3 |
| Multirace | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 9.4 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 0.2 |
| Other | 14.7 | 1.5 | 22.2 | 1.6 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 4.15 | 0.2 |
| Child age | ||||||||
| 0 to 3 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 30.2 | 1.8 | 29.1 | 2.6 | 21.6 | 0.4 |
| 4 to 7 | 16.2 | 1.7 | 26.2 | 1.7 | 22.1 | 2.2 | 21.8 | 0.4 |
| 8 to 11 | 26.0 | 2.1 | 20.5 | 1.5 | 21.8 | 2.4 | 21.7 | 0.4 |
| 12 to 14 | 22.5 | 2.0 | 14.5 | 1.4 | 14.5 | 2.0 | 17.6 | 0.3 |
| 15 to 17 | 30.7 | 2.2 | 8.6 | 1.0 | 12.5 | 1.8 | 17.4 | 0.3 |
| Child gender | ||||||||
| Male | 50.0 | 2.4 | 51.6 | 1.9 | 53.6 | 2.7 | 51.0 | 0.4 |
| Female | 50.0 | 2.4 | 48.4 | 1.9 | 46.4 | 2.7 | 49.0 | 0.4 |
| Family poverty level | ||||||||
| <100% FPL | 39.4 | 2.3 | 35.5 | 1.9 | 11.6 | 2.2 | 15.9 | 0.3 |
| 100–199% FPL | 23.7 | 2.1 | 26.4 | 1.7 | 19.0 | 2.4 | 20.3 | 0.4 |
| 200–399% FPL | 20.6 | 1.9 | 19.7 | 1.6 | 30.7 | 2.4 | 32.9 | 0.4 |
| ≥400% FPL | 16.3 | 1.5 | 18.4 | 1.2 | 38.7 | 2.6 | 30.8 | 0.4 |
| Parent education | ||||||||
| Less than high school | 31.7 | 2.4 | 36.9 | 1.9 | 10.0 | 2.4 | 7.6 | 0.2 |
| High school | 18.7 | 1.6 | 24.8 | 1.8 | 19.8 | 2.4 | 23.7 | 0.4 |
| Greater than high school | 44.4 | 2.3 | 37.6 | 1.8 | 70.0 | 2.9 | 60.5 | 0.4 |
| Not stated | 5.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 8.2 | 0.3 |
| Primary language at home | ||||||||
| English | 36.0 | 2.2 | 27.7 | 1.6 | 89.4 | 1.6 | 95.7 | 0.2 |
| Other | 64.0 | 2.2 | 72.3 | 1.6 | 10.6 | 1.6 | 4.3 | 0.2 |
All percentages are weighted.
All chi-square statistics for testing the association between immigrant status and each of the demographic characteristics were statistically significant at P < 0.0001, with the exception of gender.