Report: Just 17% black teens live with parents, 54% for whites, both low marks

Report: Just 17% black teens live with parents, 54% for whites, both low marks | WashingtonExaminer.com:
A comprehensive survey of U.S. Census data finds that the nuclear American family, where both biological parents are at home, is in meltdown, with blacks teens being hit especially hard with less than 2-in-10 15-17-year-olds living with mom and dad.

The survey from the Family Research Council’s Marriage and Religion Research Institutereleased Thursday also shows a depressing historical roadmap of the breakup of traditional families, a trend the group fears will continue unless marriage “until death do us part” is revived.

Key highlights from the “Fifth Annual Index of Family Belonging and Rejection” provided in advance to Secrets:

— 46 percent of teens 15-17 have grown up with the biological parents, an all-time low from a high of 63 percent in 1950.

— Just 17 percent of black teens live with their nuclear family, another all-time low and down from 38 percent in 1950.

— 54 percent of white kids aged 15-17 grew up with their biological family intact, a low point and down from 67 percent in 1950.

“The American family is in a crisis,” said the survey. It was accompanied by a more detailed report on the crisis in Africa American families.