Civic Report No. 44 December 2004

Table 5. Education of Resident Parents by Children’s Living Arrangement1) and by Race
	1985	1990	1995	2000	2002
Black, non-Hispanic
Two married parents
Mother’s education
Not a HS graduate	22.3	16.8	11.3	9.4	9.9
HS graduate	43.2	41.3	33.1	35.1	30.5
Some college or more	34.5	41.9	55.7	55.5	59.6
Father’s education
Not a HS graduate	26.7	20.3	13.0	11.6	9.4
HS graduate	40.2	41.1	38.6	38.3	36.7
Some college or more	33.1	38.6	48.4	50.1	54.0
Single MOTHER
Not a HS graduate	35.8	32.0	26.4	20.8	19.4
HS graduate	41.0	43.1	39.8	40.6	41.8
Some college or more	23.1	25.0	33.8	38.6	38.8
Hispanic
Two married parents
Mother’s education
Not a HS graduate	56.3	54.0	49.1	45.0	43.2
HS graduate	28.0	27.9	27.9	28.5	29.5
Some college or more	15.8	18.2	23.0	26.5	27.3
Father’s education
Not a HS graduate	56.0	52.7	50.0	47.4	45.0
HS graduate	23.7	24.5	26.1	27.1	27.8
Some college or more	20.3	22.8	24.0	25.5	27.2
Single MOTHER
Not a HS graduate	67.6	55.3	52.3	44.8	42.5
HS graduate	18.6	28.2	27.6	30.0	31.9
Some college or more	13.8	16.5	20.1	25.2	25.7
White, non-Hispanic
Two married parents
Mother’s education
Not a HS graduate	12.8	9.3	6.5	5.3	5.2
HS graduate	45.7	41.3	34.8	30.3	28.3
Some college or more	41.5	49.5	58.7	64.4	66.5
Father’s education
Not a HS graduate	13.9	10.6	7.7	6.8	6.5
HS graduate	35.9	34.4	31.6	29.8	28.8
Some college or more	50.2	55.0	60.7	63.4	64.8
Single MOTHER
Not a HS graduate	23.5	18.9	14.6	12.9	13.2
HS graduate	42.9	42.7	38.3	37.2	35.3
Some college or more	33.6	38.4	47.1	49.9	51.5
1) Restricted to children living with parents aged 20 and older
Source: Annual average of CPS monthly Outgoing Rotation Groups (ORG)

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