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Children of Immigrants in the American Community Survey

Children of Immigrants in the American Community Survey. Mark Mather Population Reference Bureau Presentation at Migration Policy Institute October 16, 2008. Why Focus on the Children of Immigrants?. Mostly ignored in immigration debate

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Children of Immigrants in the American Community Survey

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  1. Children of Immigrants in the American Community Survey Mark Mather Population Reference Bureau Presentation at Migration Policy Institute October 16, 2008 © 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU

  2. Why Focus on the Children of Immigrants? • Mostly ignored in immigration debate • Fast-growing, leading a race/ethnic shift in U.S. population • Unique policy needs © 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU

  3. Using the ACS to Look at Trends for Children in Immigrant Families • Sources of data on children in immigrant families • Current Population Survey (http://www.census.gov/cps/) • Decennial Census (http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html) • ACS (http://www.census.gov/acs) • ACS advantages • More accurate than CPS • More timely than decennial census • Provides the annual data needed to track fast-changing populations • ACS immigration data can be compared to decennial census data • Exception: Residence one year ago • See www.census.gov/acs/www/UseData/compACS.htm © 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU

  4. Defining Children in Immigrant Families • Children under age 18 who are foreign-born or who reside with at least one foreign-born parent. • The foreign-born status of children not living with either parent is based on the status of the child • Children living in subfamilies are linked to their co-resident parent(s) and not the householder © 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU

  5. Children in Immigrant Families, 1990-2006 © 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU

  6. Using the ACS to Look at Social/Economic Characteristics of Children in Immigrant Families • ACS designed to measure socioeconomic trends in small geographic areas. • But also useful for looking at small and scattered populations © 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU

  7. English Ability Among Children and their Foreign-Born Parents, 2006 © 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU

  8. Children in Poor and Low-Income Families, 2006 © 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU

  9. Child Poverty by Race/Ethnicity, 2006 © 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU

  10. Accessing ACS Data on Children of Immigrants: Published Tables • KIDS COUNT / PRB (www.kidscount.org) • Migration Policy Institute (www.migrationpolicy.org) • National Center for Children in Poverty ( www.nccp.org) • Urban Institute (www.urban.org) • Don Hernandez (University at Albany) © 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU

  11. Accessing ACS Data on Children of Immigrants: Custom Tables • Data Ferrett (http://dataferrett.census.gov/) • IPUMS (http://usa.ipums.org/usa/) • Download census public use files (http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/acs_pums_2007_1yr.html) • Need SAS, SPSS, or other statistical software © 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU

  12. KIDS COUNT Data Center © 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU

  13. KIDS COUNT Data Center: Children in Immigrant Families © 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU

  14. KIDS COUNT Data Center: Children in Immigrant Families © 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU

  15. Children in Immigrant Families with High Demographic Risk Factors,* 2006 *Neither parent is proficient in English; Neither parent is a U.S. citizen; Neither parent has more than a 9th grade education; Neither parent has been in the country more than 10 years. © 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU

  16. Children in Immigrant Families with High Demographic Risk Factors in DC-MD-VA, 2006 © 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU

  17. Children in Immigrant Families with High Demographic Risk Factors in Washington DC and Surrounding Area, 2006 © 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU

  18. For More Information • U.S. Census Bureau website (www.census.gov/acs) • ACS Compass Products (forthcoming from Census Bureau) • Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT website (www.kidscount.org) • PRB (www.prb.org) Mark Mather mmather@prb.org; 202-939-5433 © 2008 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU

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