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Title: Children's Co-Residence with Mothers and Fathers, 2022
Citation Type: Working Paper
Publication Year: 2023
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DOI: 10.18128/D030.V9.0
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Abstract: Prior family profiles on family structure have focused on children's relationship to their parents, their parents' union type (Eickmeyer 2017a, 2017b, 2017c; Westrick-Payne and Wiborg 2021) and sex composition (Manning and Payne 2021). However, less is known about minor children co-residing specifically with a biological/adoptive mother or father. This family profile uses the 2022 ASEC Current Population Survey from IPUMS-CPS to fill this gap. Our analyses explore minor children's experiences living with a biological/adoptive mother (hereafter mother) and living with a biological/adoptive father (hereafter father) separately. We note that many children reside with both their mother and father. We first present the proportions of children living with their mother and with their father and then generate these estimates by children's age groups. Then, we compare the distribution of children living with their mothers or living with their fathers according to family structure (married two biological/adopted parent, cohabiting two biological/adopted parent, married stepparent, cohabiting stepparent, single parent). • In 2022, 92% of all minor children were living with their mother compared with 70.3% who were living with their father. In other words, more than nine children out of ten lived with their mother, in contrast to seven children out of ten who lived with their father. Figure 1. Proportion of children living with a biological/adoptive parent by parents' gender, 2022 Source: NCFMR analyses of ASEC Current Population Survey, 2022 from IPUMS CPS, University of Minnesota, www.ipums.org Children's Age Figure 2. Proportion of children living with a biological/adoptive parent by parent's gender and age groups, 2022 Source: NCFMR analyses of ASEC Current Population Survey, 2022 from IPUMS CPS, University of Minnesota, www.ipums.org • In general, the proportions of children living with their mother or with their father decreased with children's age. Among preschool age children 91.7% and among teenagers 86.0% lived with their mother. Three-quarters (76.3%) of preschool age children lived with their father and 65.1% of teenagers lived with their father. • The difference in the share of children living with a parent declined more precipitously across childhood for those living with their father (11.2%) than their mother (5.7%). 92% 70% 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Biological/adoptive mother Biological/adoptive father 92% 76% 89% 70% 86% 65% 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Biological/adoptive mother Biological/adoptive father Under 6 years 6-11 years 12-17 years
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Authors: Juteau, Gabrielle
Series Title: National Center for Family and Marriage Research
Publication Number: No. 22, 2023
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Pages: 1-2
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Data Collections: IPUMS CPS
Topics: Family and Marriage, Gender
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