Table 2.

Prevalence, Stability and Transitions Patterns over Early Childhood (%)

	United States	United Kingdom	Australia
Ever 3-Generation	24	8	11
Never 3-Generation	77	92	89
Always 3-Generation	7	2	2
3-Generation → not	8	4	4
Not → 3-Generation	6	1	3
Two or more transitions (into or out of)	3	1	2
N	6850	13301	4253

Note:

Data are weighted to be nationally representative of births. Sample is restricted to children who participated in all survey waves. N’s are unweighted and in the US are rounded to the nearest 50 as per IES requirements.