Table 2. ,,,,,,,,,
"Children's Nativity and Parent's Nativitya for the United States,  by Selected Characteristics: 1990 - 2000",,,,,,,,,
"(For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/sf3.pdf.  See Appendix A for further definitions.)",,,,,,,,,
Characteristic,Children with native parent(s),,,Foreign-born children with foreign-born parent(s),,,Native children with foreign-born parent(s),,
,Percent,,Percentage-point changeb,Percent,,Percentage-point changeb,Percent,,Percentage-point changeb
,1990,2000,,1990,2000,,1990,2000,
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Children (number)......................................................................,"52,619,858","54,882,004",(X),"1,874,411","2,628,054",(X),"6,295,740","10,320,216",(X)
Percent of all children......................................................................,83.4,76.6,-6.8,3.0,3.7,0.7,10.0,14.4,4.4
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Languagec,,,,,,,,,
Speaks language other than English at home......................................................................,5.6,5.7,0.1,86.9,88.5,1.5,58.1,67.1,9.0
Difficulty speaking English......................................................................,3.7,1.8,-1.9,43.8,41.1,-2.7,39.5,20.9,-18.6
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Living Arrangements d,,,,,,,,,
Married-couple family......................................................................,73.8,69.8,-4.0,77.8,78.9,1.1,84.5,81.0,-3.5
Mother-only family......................................................................,22.1,23.9,1.9,16.3,14.9,-1.4,11.7,13.7,1.9
Father-only family......................................................................,4.1,6.3,2.2,5.9,6.2,0.3,3.7,5.3,1.6
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Multigenerational household......................................................................,7.0,7.8,0.8,8.9,13.2,4.3,8.4,12.9,4.5
Opposite-sex unmarried-partner household......................................................................,3.1,4.8,1.7,3.1,2.8,-0.3,2.7,4.0,1.4
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Economic (1989 and 1999),,,,,,,,,
In household receiving public assistance......................................................................,11.6,8.8,-2.8,14.7,12.0,-2.7,10.4,10.4,(NS)
In a family in poverty (income below poverty level)......................................................................,16.7,14.1,-2.5,31.8,28.3,-3.5,18.8,19.4,0.6
In high-income family (income 400+ percent of poverty level)……………………………………………,,,,,,,,,
,24.7,30.3,5.6,12.4,14.4,2.0,23.3,22.6,-0.7
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Parents,,,,,,,,,
Living with at least one parent who e,,,,,,,,,
Has not completed high school......................................................................,22.5,17.0,-5.4,59.1,55.0,-4.0,46.6,47.3,0.8
Has a bachelor's degree or higher......................................................................,26.6,31.4,4.7,23.1,26.0,2.8,27.0,27.0,(NS)
Has difficulty speaking English ......................................................................,2.5,2.2,-0.3,55.8,76.4,20.6,49.1,55.2,6.1
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Housing,,,,,,,,,
Living in a single-family house......................................................................,76.7,77.5,0.7,48.8,48.9,(NS),66.2,64.8,-1.5
Living in an owned home......................................................................,67.0,70.3,3.3,32.4,38.2,5.7,58.5,58.8,0.3
Living in crowded housing......................................................................,11.5,11.4,-0.2,62.2,60.4,-1.8,38.2,44.0,5.8
    (NS) Not significantly different from zero at the 90-percent confidence level.  (X) Not applicable.,,,,,,,,,
"    Note: Children are all people under 18 years living in households except householders, subfamily reference persons, and their spouses.  Children living with no parent present are not included in this table.",,,,,,,,,
    a.  Children living with any foreign-born parents are shown as living with foreign born parents.,,,,,,,,,
    b.  The percentage point change between unrounded percents in 1990 and 2000.,,,,,,,,,
    c.  Language questions were only asked only of people aged 5 and over,,,,,,,,,
    d.  Determined by relationship of child to householder or reference person in a related subfamily.,,,,,,,,,
    e.  If child lives with 2 parents both parents are considered.   ,,,,,,,,,
"Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, Summary File 3; U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 census Summary Tape File 3",,,,,,,,,