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African American Children
33% live in married couple families
46.2% live in single parent families
12% do not live with a parent
33.1% live in poverty
Children in two-parent households
are:
 | Less than half as likely to have emotional or
behavioral problems |
| 33% less likely to use illegal drugs, alcohol or
tobacco |
| 44% less likely to be physically abused or
neglected |
| Boys are half as likely to commit a crime which
requires incarceration by the time they are 30 |
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Non-Hispanic White Children 75.2% live
in married couple families17
17.7% live single parent families
3.7% do not live with a parent
9.3% living in married couple families live in
poverty
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