Table 2.5 Correlation Matrix of Child Living Arrangement Distribution for U.S. States, 1990

Population Percentages as % of all children

Conditional Percentages as % of children living w/ <2 parents

Conditional Percents as % child living w/ no parents

(2)

MotherOnly

(3) Father Only

(4) Relative Care

(5) Unrelated Care

(6) Mother Only

(7) Father Only

(8) Relative Care

(9) Unrelated Care

(10)

Relatives (vs unrel)

LIVING ARRANGEMENT

A

0.97

0.53

0.89

0.10

C

0.26

-0.40

0.71

-0.64

F

0.78

Not 2 Parents

(1)

B

0.31

0.84

-0.09

D

0.50

-0.60

0.64

-0.76

G

0.80

Mother Only

(2)

0.46

0.63

-0.61

0.56

0.38

0.09

0.20

Father Only

(3)

-0.04

0.15

-0.37

0.94

-0.67

0.92

Relative, No Parent

(4)

-0.69

0.57

-0.09

0.68

-0.39

Unrelated, No Parent

(5)

-0.93

0.02

-0.73

H

0.39

Mother | Not 2

(6)

-0.28

0.73

-0.54

Father | Not 2

(7)

N=50 States

-0.59

0.91

Relative | Not 2

(8)

-0.87

Unrelated | Not 2

(9)

Coefficients >.3 or < .-3 are significant at .05