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This chapter examines the ethnic and
social characteristics of a family of four. Much of this
information is publicly available from the Bureau of the
Census, and other data are derived from Heritage
tabulations from the March Current Population Survey
published by the Bureau of the Census. The purpose of
this chapter is to provide background information on
"Who is the typical American family?"
Racial characteristics are based on
designations from the Bureau of the Census. Hispanic
families are families who call themselves descendents of
Hispanics. Numbers are given in thousands. In this
chapter, families of four include single-families with
three children so that these families can be compared to
husband-and-wife families with two children.
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