Rural Children Are More Likely to Live in Cohabitating Couple Households

O’William; Manning, Wendy; Porter, Meredith; Lyons, Heidi

The Carsey Institute; The Annie E. Casey Foundation; W.K. Kellogg Foundation

2009

This brief, from the Carsey Institute, indicates that the number of children living in cohabiting couple households has increased in rural areas from nearly four to seven percent, while in urban areas the percentage rose from three to four percent.

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