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Where children live

April 30th, 2008 at 04:37pm Jeff Kolkey

As I examine the increasingly urban character of Rockford schools, Joel Cowen of the University of Illinois College of Medicine’s Health Systems Research shared some interesting facts with those of us journalists working on the 180 Degrees project.

According to Cowen in 2000: Area black children were the least likely to live in what is generally considered a traditional family. Nearly half of all black children in Winnebago County live with a single mother, 26.5 percent live with a married couple, and 12.2 percent live with a grandparent. Meanwhile, white and Hispanic children are more likely to live with a couple. More than 73 percent of white children and 60.7 percent of Hispanic children live with a married couple. 

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  • 1. jw  |  May 2nd, 2008 at 11:23 am

    And all this means? Please correlate Cowen’s findings to what is going on in the Rockford area.

    OT: Please investigate how many home invasions (including attempted) happen in the Rockford area on a monthly basis. Please use 12 months of data if possible.

  • 2. hokumboy  |  May 2nd, 2008 at 1:36 pm

    Is “urban character” a euphemism for “minority” ?
    Do I smell condescension? Or racism?
    Either way, I smell something.

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