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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Fam Stud. 2014 Nov 4;24(9):2661–2667. doi: 10.1007/s10826-014-0068-4

Table 1. Housing characteristics of grandparents responsible for grandchildren by race-ethnicity.

NLW1 % NLB2 % NLO3 % MEX4 % NML5 % Total6 %






Unweighted count7 5,133 1,568 669 1,315 492 9,177
Weighted count8 159,489 56,835 20,723 49,683 19,392 306,122

Inflation & Mode

Person Inflation Ratio9 31 36 31 38 39 33
Data by mail 80,222 50% 20,217 36% 10,627 51% 11,232 23% 5,655 29% 127,955 42%

House Ownership

Paying mortgage 90,976 57% 21,503 38% 9,732 47% 21,658 44% 8,264 43% 152,135 50%
Owns free and clear 28,378 18% 5,238 9% 3,106 15% 7,265 15% 1,517 8% 45,505 15%
Renting 37,761 24% 29,045 51% 7,545 36% 19,941 40% 9,433 49% 103,727 34%
Rent free 2,315 1% 1,049 2% 34 0 2% 819 2% 178 1% 4,701 2%

Length of Residence

< 12 months 21,253 13% 10,803 19% 3,092 15% 9,193 19% 3,264 17% 47,606 16%
13 to 23 months 7,066 4% 2,795 5% 1,279 6% 1,883 4% 954 5% 13,977 5%
2 to 4 years 25,657 16% 12,538 22% 4,268 21% 9,068 18% 4,369 23% 55,901 18%
5 to 9 years 29,391 18% 9,447 17% 4,579 22% 11,777 24% 3,933 20% 59,128 19%
10 to 19 years 41,745 26% 12,043 21% 5,319 26% 11,736 24% 4,165 21% 75,009 25%
20 to 29 years 18,879 12% 4,450 8% 1,493 7% 3,695 7% 1,931 10% 30,448 10%
> 30 years 15,498 10% 4,915 9% 693 3% 2,331 5% 776 4% 24,213 8%

HH10 Composition

Grandparent no parent 39,691 25% 13,621 24% 3,468 17% 6,064 12% 2,299 12% 65,144 21%
1

Non-Latino-Whites;

2

Non-Latino-Blacks;

3

Non-Latino-Others;

4

Mexican-Latinos/as;

5

Non-Mexican-Latinos/as;

6

Total across all race-ethnic groups;

7

Actual number of subjects in microdata;

8

Count of subjects when population weights applied;

9

PIR = (weighted count ÷ weighted total population);

10

HH=household