Table 2. Characteristics of Children Living in Their Grandparents and Parents Homes: 1997 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: June 12, 1998 (Numbers in thousands) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Grandchildren of Householder | Children|----------------------------------------------------------- | of | | Both | Both | Grand- | Grand- | Grand-| | house-| | grand- | grand- | mother | mother | father| | holder| |parents, |parents, | only, | only, | only| |---------| | some | no | some | no | | | Total| Total | parents | parents |parents |parents | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total N 63,923 3,894 1,241 598 1,144 669 242 Percent 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Child's Race White, not Hispanic 67 42 52 58 36 19 52 Black, not Hispanic 14 36 19 22 49 63 24 Hispanic 14 17 21 15 13 15 21 Other, not Hispanic 5 5 9 5 3 3 3 Child's Age Under 6 years 33 51 66 36 57 27 46 6 to 11 years 34 29 24 29 27 40 30 12 to 17 years 33 20 9 35 17 33 25 Householder's Age Under 45 years 83 15 16 15 20 6 13 45 to 54 years 15 31 35 27 29 35 17 55 years and over 2 54 49 58 51 59 70 Householder's Education Not a high school graduate 1/ 13 34 23 29 40 48 39 At least a high school graduate 2/ 87 66 77 71 60 52 61 Householder's 1996 Labor Force Participation No work in 1996 3/ 8 34 17 16 42 62 56 Worked some, not full-time/full-year 14 16 15 21 15 20 11 Worked full-time/full-year 5/ 78 49 68 63 43 19 33 Region Northeast 18 19 19 18 16 24 19 Midwest 24 17 15 19 19 18 9 South 34 43 38 45 50 44 35 West 24 21 28 18 16 14 37 Metropolitan Status Central city 29 39 31 24 44 60 31 Suburbs 51 41 51 43 36 27 52 Nonmetropolitan 20 20 18 33 20 13 17 Poverty Status Less than 50% of poverty 8 11 1 7 12 29 12 50-99% of poverty 11 16 10 8 18 33 11 100-149% of poverty 11 15 11 16 17 17 10 150-199% of poverty 11 14 15 15 15 8 14 200% and over of poverty 59 45 62 55 38 13 54 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ In married-couple households, both spouses have not graduated from high school. 2/ In married-couple households, at least one parent or grandparent is a high school graduate. 3/ In married-couple households, both spouses did not work in 1996. 4/ In married-couple households, at least one spouse worked only part-time, part-year or both and neither spouse worked full-time, full-year. 5/ In married-couple households, at least one spouse worked full-time, full-year. Source: 1997 March Current Population Survey