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New Data from Urban Institute Describes Family Circumstances of Children of Immigrants

July 7, 2010

This new data brief by the Urban Institute is the second in a series that profiles children of immigrants using up-to-date census data and other sources. The brief describes the family circumstances of children of immigrants, including family structure and parental employment.

Major findings include:

• Half of children of immigrants live with two foreign-born parents, and a quarter live with both a native-born and a foreign-born parent

• Children of immigrants are more likely to live with both parents and to live in larger families

• Immigrant families (92%) exhibit high work effort

• A quarter of children of immigrants have parents that do not have a high school degree

• More than 60 percent of children of immigrants have at least one limited English proficient (LEP) parent

Download a copy of the report here.