title: Married-couple families with step, adopted, and biological children.
abstract: National estimates of the numbers of families with step, adopted, and biological children have not previously been developed. In this work, parent types for children in married-couple families were indirectly identified by using marriage and birth dates. Families were then classified by the types of children present. A large majority (79 percent) had only biological children; however, a significant minority (16 percent) had at least one stepchild and 4 percent had at least one adopted child. This analysis provides national estimates of the numbers and characteristics of married-couple families with step, adopted, and biological children.
authors.affiliation: National Institute on Drug Abuse, Division of Epidemiology and Statistical Analysis, Rockville, Maryland 20772.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Moorman
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hernandez
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D004243:Divorce; D004522:Educational Status; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents; D014481:United States