Table 5.
Resources and Receipt of Government Programs by Living Arrangement
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| Children Living with Parents | Foster Children | Children Living with Grandparents | Children Living with Other Relatives | |||||
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| dollar value ($) | freq (%) | dollar value ($) | freq (%) | dollar value ($) | freq (%) | dollar value ($) | freq (%) | |
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| SPM cash resources | 65,245.77 | 55,460.95 | 41,918.75 | 46,823.95 | ||||
| Welfare (TANF / AFDC) | 6.1 | 8.4 | 17.3 | 13.1 | ||||
| Food Stamps (SNAP) | 14.5 | 11.9 | 26.1 | 21.9 | ||||
| Housing Assistance | 4.8 | 3.3 | 8.5 | 5.9 | ||||
| Supplemental Security Income | 3.1 | 5.6 | 14.1 | 8.1 | ||||
| Social Security | 6.8 | 17.9 | 40.2 | 21.5 | ||||
| WIC | 11.3 | 19.5 | 13.2 | 16.0 | ||||
| Foster care, severance, or other income | 1.7 | 32.6 | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||||
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| Observations(n=1,141,821) | 1,105,809 | 3,208 | 21,343 | 11,461 | ||||
Note: Estimates from March 1991 to March 2012 CPS. Percentages of caregivers reporting non-missing values greater than $0. All estimates weighted using person-level weights provided in the CPS ASEC (marsupwt).