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Selected Indicators from the U.S. Census and Chicago Public Schools Records Related to the Lives and Schooling of Children

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Table 5: With Whom Children Live

Count
Percentage of Older Children

1990
2000
Increase/
(Decrease)
1990
2000
Percentage Point
Increase/
(Decrease)
School-Age Children (ages 6 to 17) Living with Two Parents
3,770
4,704
934
49.3%
50.3%
1.0%
School-Age Children (ages 6 to 17) Living with One Parent
3,279
3,459
180
42.9%
37.0%
( 5.9%)
School-Age Children (ages 6 to 17) Living with Neither Parent
594
1,189
595
7.8%
12.7%
4.9%
 
Count
Percentage of Younger Children
 
1990
2000
Increase/
(Decrease)
1990
2000
Percentage Point
Increase/
(Decrease)
Preschool-Age Children (ages 0 to 5) Living with Two Parents
3,313
3,108
(205)
61.1%
55.5%
( 5.6%)
Preschool-Age Children (ages 0 to 5) Living with One Parent
1,853
2,077
224
34.2%
37.2%
3.0%
Preschool-Age Children (ages 0 to 5) Living with Neither Parent
257
411
154
4.7%
7.3%
2.6%

Note: Most of our tables display data for preschool-age (ages 0 to 4) and school-age children (ages 5 to 17). The U.S. Census does not disaggregate data about children's living arrangements in the same manner, thus we were unable to preserve our usual categories for this table.

 

 

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