Demographers said such a trend might be partly attributable to the growing proportion of immigrants in the U.S. black population. It may have been driven, too, by the values of an emerging black middle class
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Demographers said such a trend might be partly attributable to the growing proportion of immigrants in the U.S. black population. It may have been driven, too, by the values of an emerging black middle class, a trend that could be jeopardized by the economic meltdown.
The Census Bureau attributed an indeterminate amount of the increase to revised definitions adopted in 2007, which identify as parents any man and woman living together.
According to the bureau’s estimates, the number of black children living with two parents was 59 percent in 1970, falling to 42 percent in 1980, 38 percent in 1990 and 35 percent in 2004. In 2007, the latest year for which data were available, it was 40 percent.
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Stats don’t tell everything. This is positive news, but more of us must join the party! Brothers ….and sisters.
Comment by Doo Rag — December 17, 2008
There are lots of reasons for this trend that are not ecconomically related. So I do not buy into the notion that the current ecconomic issues will affect it.
Comment by firecracker — December 17, 2008
My wife gave up on the relationship. I wanted to keep the family intact. Who is to blame?
Comment by Roy House — December 17, 2008
I always have been confused by such statistics. Do people expect a divorced couple to live together? For example while I had a nuclear family, my close friend had divorced parents. She lived with her mother but practically saw her father everyday. While the Census will label her household as single parent, her father is extremely active in her life and has always been. This is the reason why I have always despised statistics, there is no nuance when turning people into numbers.
Comment by RhondaCoca — December 19, 2008
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