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Family Data Presentation

Family Data Presentation. Demographics in Highland Park, Richmond VA. Goals. To what extent and in what ways do Highland Park residents depart from the norms that characterize a stereotypical middle class community in terms of family strength and stability?

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Family Data Presentation

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  1. Family Data Presentation Demographics in Highland Park, Richmond VA

  2. Goals • To what extent and in what ways do Highland Park residents depart from the norms that characterize a stereotypical middle class community in terms of family strength and stability? • Is an “alternative values system” present in Highland Park?

  3. Family Structure in Urban Environments "The decline in the rate of marriage among inner-city black parents in the last several years is a function not simply of deepening scarcity of jobs for low-skilled workers or of changed attitudes toward sex and marriage in society at large, but of, as Testa emphasizes, ' the interaction between material and cultural constraints.'..That is, discouraging economic conditions tend to reinforce any tolerance for having children without marriage or even partnering."                                            -Wilson, p. 116 "In Meadow View, the family is key to survival. Families provide transportation, housing, food, job leads, and emotional succor."        -Hicks Bartlett, p. 47

  4. Household Data • Households: 27,180 • In family households:22,953 • 1,972 married couples with children3,644 single-parent households (387 men, 3,257 women) • Percentage of households with unmarried partners: • This zip code:5.6% • Whole state: 4.7% • http://www.city-data.com/zips/23222.html#ixzz1Xf74M71a

  5. ACS 2005-2009 Census Tract - % Single Parent: Female  ACS 2005-2009 Census Tract - % Single Parent: Male  

  6. Children in Highland Park

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