The number of children living with their married biological parents increased during the 1900s, according to a new study.
Some 56 percent of 71.5 million children fit that category in 1996, up 5 percent from 1991, according to the study “Living Arrangements of Children,” USA Today reported.
The study (based on a 1996 survey of 37,000 households rather than census figures) also showed that more children were being raised by two parents in 1996 – 78 percent compared to 70 percent five years prior.
Also in 1996, 5.2 million children lived with one biological parent, either a stepparent or adoptive parent, a 16 percent increase from 4.5 million in 1991. About half of the 3.3 million children who lived with unmarried couples in 1996 lived with their biological parents.
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