© 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU Children of Immigrants in the American Community Survey Mark Mather Population Reference Bureau Presentation at Migration Policy Institute October 16, 2008
© 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU Why Focus on the Children of Immigrants? Mostly ignored in immigration debate Fast-growing, leading a race/ethnic shift in U.S. population Unique policy needs
© 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU Using the ACS to Look at Trends for Children in Immigrant Families Sources of data on children in immigrant families Current Population Survey ( Decennial Census ( ACS ( ACS advantages More accurate than CPS More timely than decennial census Provides the annual data needed to track fast-changing populations ACS immigration data can be compared to decennial census data Exception: Residence one year ago See
© 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU Defining Children in Immigrant Families Children under age 18 who are foreign-born or who reside with at least one foreign-born parent. The foreign-born status of children not living with either parent is based on the status of the child Children living in subfamilies are linked to their co- resident parent(s) and not the householder
© 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU Children in Immigrant Families,
© 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU Using the ACS to Look at Social/Economic Characteristics of Children in Immigrant Families ACS designed to measure socioeconomic trends in small geographic areas. But also useful for looking at small and scattered populations
© 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU English Ability Among Children and their Foreign-Born Parents, 2006
© 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU Children in Poor and Low-Income Families, 2006
© 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU Child Poverty by Race/Ethnicity, 2006
© 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU Accessing ACS Data on Children of Immigrants: Published Tables KIDS COUNT / PRB ( Migration Policy Institute ( National Center for Children in Poverty ( Urban Institute ( Don Hernandez (University at Albany)
© 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU Accessing ACS Data on Children of Immigrants: Custom Tables Data Ferrett ( IPUMS ( Download census public use files ( Need SAS, SPSS, or other statistical software
© 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU KIDS COUNT Data Center
© 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU KIDS COUNT Data Center: Children in Immigrant Families
© 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU KIDS COUNT Data Center: Children in Immigrant Families
© 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU Children in Immigrant Families with High Demographic Risk Factors,* 2006 *Neither parent is proficient in English; Neither parent is a U.S. citizen; Neither parent has more than a 9th grade education; Neither parent has been in the country more than 10 years.
© 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU Children in Immigrant Families with High Demographic Risk Factors in DC-MD-VA, 2006
© 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU Children in Immigrant Families with High Demographic Risk Factors in Washington DC and Surrounding Area, 2006
© 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU For More Information U.S. Census Bureau website ( ACS Compass Products (forthcoming from Census Bureau) Annie E. Casey Foundations KIDS COUNT website ( PRB ( Mark Mather ;