Table 4.

Males Living in Selected Family Arrangements by Race, Education and Age, 1970–2015 (shares)

			Currently married				Living with parent
Race	Education	Age	1970	1985	2000	2015	1970	1985	2000	2015
Whites	Dropouts	25–34	0.81	0.61	0.48	0.37	0.12	0.18	0.22	0.28
		35–44	0.86	0.75	0.59	0.51	0.06	0.09	0.14	0.17
		45–54	0.86	0.79	0.66	0.49	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.12
	HS grads	25–34	0.83	0.63	0.53	0.38	0.10	0.14	0.16	0.25
		35–44	0.90	0.79	0.65	0.58	0.04	0.05	0.10	0.13
		45–54	0.89	0.84	0.74	0.61	0.03	0.03	0.05	0.09
Blacks	Dropouts	25–34	0.65	0.31	0.23	0.14	0.17	0.36	0.40	0.47
		35–44	0.66	0.50	0.32	0.27	0.09	0.16	0.25	0.29
		45–54	0.70	0.58	0.44	0.31	0.02	0.07	0.13	0.20
	HS grads	25–34	0.70	0.42	0.32	0.17	0.13	0.26	0.31	0.41
		35–44	0.70	0.58	0.45	0.38	0.08	0.10	0.18	0.22
		45–54	0.75	0.67	0.53	0.46	0.06	0.06	0.11	0.12

Source: Authors’ calculations based on the March Supplement to the Current Population Survey.

Note: “Dropouts” are high school dropouts. “HS grads” are high school graduates without college. Statistics were calculated in 5-year windows around the specified years: thus 1970 refers to 1968–72; 1985 refers to 1983–87; 2000 refers to 1998–2002; 2015 refers to 2013–17.