| Characteristics of women | Number | Any child | Stepchild | Child of relative, friend, or partner | Foster child | Adopted child |
| Age | ||||||
| 18–19 years | 3,508,000 | 1.9 | — | 1.6 | — | — |
| 20–24 years | 9,041,000 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 25–29 years | 9,693,000 | 8.2 | 1.6 | 5.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| 30–34 years | 11,065,000 | 11.1 | 3.4 | 6.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| 35–39 years | 11,211,000 | 16.0 | 5.7 | 7.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 40–44 years | 10,230,000 | 17.5 | 5.7 | 7.8 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Never married | 17,300,000 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Currently married | 29,600,000 | 13.5 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Formerly married | 7,849,000 | 14.9 | 3.2 | 9.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Parity | ||||||
| 0 birth | 19,998,000 | 8.0 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
| 1 birth | 10,502,000 | 12.2 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| 2 births | 13,871,000 | 12.9 | 3.7 | 6.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| 3 or more births | 10,377,000 | 13.5 | 3.3 | 7.4 | 1.7 | 0.5 |
| Education at interview | ||||||
| No high school diploma or GED | 5,424,000 | 14.2 | 3.2 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 0.7 |
| High school diploma or GED | 18,169,000 | 14.1 | 4.3 | 7.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Some college, no bachelor's degree | 12,399,000 | 13.7 | 4.3 | 7.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 11,748,000 | 7.4 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| Poverty level income at interview | ||||||
| 0–149 percent | 10,080,000 | 12.7 | 2.7 | 8.0 | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| 0–99 percent | 5,992,000 | 12.8 | 1.9 | 9.0 | 1.4 | 0.4 |
| 150–299 percent | 14,932,000 | 13.0 | 4.0 | 6.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| 300 percent or higher | 22,736,000 | 11.8 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
| Race and Hispanic origin | ||||||
| Hispanic | 6,015,000 | 11.5 | 2.5 | 6.3 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Non–Hispanic white | 38,987,000 | 10.8 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| Non–Hispanic black | 7,357,000 | 12.9 | 1.9 | 9.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| Non–Hispanic other | 2,390,000 | 9.3 | 2.1 | 6.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
NOTE: Percents may not add to
"Any
child" total because some women lived and cared for more than one
child not born to them.
1. Number of women 18–44 years of age and
percent who have ever lived with and cared for a child to whom they did
not give birth, by the child's relationship to them and selected characteristics:
in the United States in 1995. Source:
Health,
United States, 1995.
