Table 3.

Children’s householder characteristics by select family migration experience

Children’s householder characteristics	PR non-migrants	SE	US recent migrants	SE
Total weighted (in thousands)	529	2.55	11	0.63
	100.0		100.0
Poverty status
Not in poverty	42.9	0.46	38.5	2.92
In poverty	57.1	0.46	61.5	2.92
Age (mean)	37.3	0.05	33.5	0.28 ***
Sex
Male	38.2	0.47	36.5	3.28
Female	61.8	0.47	63.5	3.28
Householder educational attainment
Less than high school	12.0	0.31	16.0	2.53
High school	28.5	0.41	29.3	3.05
Some college	31.2	0.49	31.5	3.10
Bachelor’s degree	20.8	0.33	17.5	2.39
Graduate or professional degree	7.4	0.19	5.8	1.33
Ability to speak English
Only speaks English	2.9	0.12	1.8	1.00
Very well	14.1	0.29	34.1	2.87 ***
Well	15.6	0.31	25.9	2.72
Not well	23.9	0.36	22.8	2.67 ***
Not at all	43.5	0.43	15.4	2.66 ***
Work status (by the number of hours worked last week)
No hours worked	37.3	0.42	32.6	3.24
Part-time (less than 35 h)	15.7	0.36	16.4	2.50
Full-time (35 h or more)	47.1	0.49	51.0	3.48
Children’s living arrangements
2 married parents	46.0	0.49	39.9	3.21 +
2 cohabiting parents	16.5	0.32	15.5	2.07
One parent, no spouse, or partner	37.5	0.43	44.7	3.07 *
Children’s grandparent presence
No grandparent present	97.7	0.12	94.4	1.64 *
Grandparent present	2.3	0.12	5.6	1.64 *
Number of children1
One child	28.9	0.38	26.1	2.44
Two children	46.5	0.44	42.5	2.78
Three or more children	24.7	0.42	31.4	2.87 *

Statistical significance at 0.1 (+), 0.05 (*), 0.01 (**), 0.001 (***)

Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2012–2016 5-year estimates and PRCS 2012–2016 5-year estimates

SE standard error

¹Refers to all children in sample