Table 1
Secure Parental Employment: Percentage of Children Under age 18 Living with at Least one Parent Employed Full Time all Year1 by Family Structure, Race, Hispanic Origin, Poverty Status, and Age, 1980-2005
	1980	1985	1990	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
All Children Living with Parent(s)
Total	70	70	72	74	75	76	77	79	80	79	78	77	78	78
Race and Hispanic Origin2
White, non-Hispanic	75	77	79	81	82	82	84	84	85	84	83	82	82	84
Black, non-Hispanic	50	48	50	54	56	58	58	64	66	65	64	61	62	62
Hispanic	59	55	60	61	64	67	68	71	72	73	73	71	73	74
Poverty Status
Below Poverty	21	20	22	25	25	26	31	31	34	32	33	30	33	32
At or Above Poverty	81	82	85	86	87	88	87	88	88	87	87	86	87	88
Age
Children Under 6	67	67	68	69	71	72	74	76	76	76	75	73	74	75
Children Ages 6-17	72	72	74	76	77	78	79	80	81	80	79	79	79	80
Children Living in Families Maintained by Two Parents
Total	80	81	85	87	88	88	89	90	90	89	88	88	88	89
With Both Parents Working Full Time All Year	17	20	25	28	30	31	31	32	33	32	30	29	30	31
Race and Hispanic Origin2
White, non-Hispanic	81	83	86	89	90	91	91	91	92	91	90	90	90	91
Black, non-Hispanic	73	76	84	85	87	85	86	88	90	89	84	85	86	85
Hispanic	71	70	74	77	79	80	82	83	85	84	82	82	84	85
Poverty Status
Below Poverty	38	37	44	46	48	48	56	52	58	54	54	52	55	57
At or Above Poverty	84	87	89	91	92	92	92	93	93	92	91	91	92	92
Age
Children Under 6	76	79	83	86	87	87	88	89	89	88	85	86	86	87
Children Ages 6-17	81	82	85	87	88	89	89	90	91	90	89	88	89	90
Children Living in Families Maintained by Single Mothers3
Total	33	32	33	38	39	41	44	47	49	48	50	47	47	48
Race and Hispanic Origin2
White, non-Hispanic	39	39	40	46	47	46	52	52	53	52	52	52	49	52
Black, non-Hispanic	28	25	27	33	35	39	39	46	49	48	49	44	45	45
Hispanic	22	22	24	27	27	34	36	39	38	42	45	43	45	45
Poverty Status
Below Poverty	7	7	9	14	10	13	17	18	20	19	19	17	19	17
At or Above Poverty	59	59	60	61	64	66	66	66	67	67	69	69	67	70
Age
Children Under 6	20	20	21	24	27	28	31	35	36	38	40	34	34	37
Children Ages 6-17	38	37	40	45	45	47	50	52	55	53	54	53	52	53
Children Living in Families Maintained by Single Fathers3
Total	57	60	64	67	67	70	70	70	69	69	68	63	68	71
Race and Hispanic Origin2
White, non-Hispanic	61	62	68	72	69	72	72	76	74	71	70	66	70	74
Black, non-Hispanic	41	59	53	64	60	67	66	51	52	58	64	54	60	65
Hispanic	53	53	59	58	66	68	69	65	68	72	70	63	69	67
Poverty Status
Below Poverty	15	23	21	24	30	29	34	28	21	29	34	27	26	32
At or Above Poverty	68	69	74	79	77	80	79	79	79	78	77	73	78	80
Age
Children Under 6	48	57	58	54	61	62	65	66	65	67	65	56	62	66
Children Ages 6-17	59	62	67	74	70	74	72	71	70	70	70	65	71	73
1Full-time, all-year employment is defined as usually working full time (35 hours or more per week) for 50-52 weeks.
2 Estimates reflect the new OMB race definitions, and include only those who are identified with a single race. Hispanics may be of any race.
3Includes some families where both parents are present in the household, but living as unmarried partners.
Source: Data for 1980-2001: Reproduced from Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2004, Table ECON2. Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Available: http://childstats.gov/americaschildren/.  Data for 2002 and 2003: Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2005, Table ECON2. Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Available at: http://childstats.gov/americaschildren/. Data for 2004: Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2006, Table ECON2. Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Available at: http://childstats.gov/americaschildren/ Data for 2005: Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2007, Table ECON2. Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, Washington, DC:
U.S. Government Printing Office. Available at: http://childstats.gov/americaschildren/