"Table with row headers in column A, and column headers in rows 6 through 10.  ",,,,,,,,,
"FM-3.  Average Number of Own Children Under 18 Per Family, By Type of Family:",,,,,,,,,
1955 To  Present,,,,,,,,,


,         All Families,,,,  Families With own Children Under 18,,,,
,,," Male,"," Female,",,," Male,"," Female,",
Year,,Married,no wife,no husband,,  Married,no wife,no husband,
,Total,Couple,present,present,Total,Couple,present,present,
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2008,0.85,0.83,0.65,1.03,1.86,1.92,1.53,1.77,
2007,0.85,0.83,0.59,1.02,1.81,1.87,1.48,1.71,
2006,0.86,0.84,0.61,1.02,1.82,1.88,1.48,1.71,
2005,0.86,0.84,0.63,1.02,1.82,1.87,1.51,1.73,
2004,0.86,0.84,0.63,1.03,1.83,1.89,1.53,1.73,
2003,0.87,0.86,0.62,1.03,1.83,1.89,1.50,1.72
2002,0.88,0.86,0.64,1.05,1.83,1.89,1.49,1.72
2001,0.88,0.86,0.64,1.02,1.83,1.88,1.49,1.74
2000,0.90,0.88,0.66,1.05,1.87,1.94,1.50,1.75
1999,0.90,0.88,0.66,1.09,1.86,1.91,1.54,1.78
1998,0.91,0.88,0.70,1.08,1.85,1.90,1.52,1.78
1997,0.91,0.89,0.69,1.08,1.84,1.89,1.55,1.75
1996,0.92,0.89,0.69,1.11,1.86,1.90,1.49,1.81
1995,0.91,0.89,0.66,1.10,1.84,1.89,1.49,1.76
1994,0.91,0.89,0.67,1.08,1.84,1.88,1.49,1.75
1993,0.90,0.87,0.65,1.07,1.84,1.88,1.48,1.76
1992,0.90,0.88,0.64,1.08,1.85,1.88,1.51,1.79
1991,0.90,0.88,0.61,1.05,1.84,1.88,1.50,1.74
1990,0.89,0.88,0.60,1.04,1.83,1.87,1.50,1.72
1989,0.90,0.88,0.58,1.04,1.82,1.86,1.55,1.74
1988,0.89,0.88,0.58,1.03,1.81,1.84,1.51,1.74
1987,0.90,0.88,0.58,1.05,1.81,1.84,1.51,1.74
1986,0.91,0.90,0.57,1.06,1.83,1.86,1.46,1.78
1985,0.92,0.90,0.62,1.06,1.85,1.88,1.53,1.79
1984,0.93,0.92,0.59,1.05,1.85,1.89,1.50,1.76
1983,0.94,0.92,0.53,1.09,1.87,1.89,1.46,1.81
1982,0.95,0.93,0.52,1.13,1.87,1.89,1.53,1.80
1981,0.97,0.96,0.55,1.11,1.88,1.91,1.59,1.79
1980r,1.00,0.98,0.55,1.17,1.91,1.93,1.55,1.87
1979,1.01,1.00,0.56,1.16,1.93,1.95,1.63,1.86
1978,1.04,1.03,0.55,1.22,1.96,1.98,1.63,1.93
1977,1.07,1.06,0.54,1.23,2.01,2.02,1.66,1.99
1976,1.10,1.09,0.49,1.26,2.04,2.05,1.59,2.03
1975,1.13,1.12,0.60,1.27,2.09,2.09,1.85,2.10
1974,1.15,1.16,0.52,1.27,2.14,2.14,1.90,2.12
1973,1.18,1.19,0.50,1.26,2.17,2.18,1.87,2.20
1972,1.22,1.24,0.52,1.28,2.22,2.22,1.93,2.20
1971,1.28,1.30,0.53,1.32,2.31,2.31,2.00,2.33
1970r,1.27,1.30,0.54,1.20,2.28,2.29,1.93,2.29
1965,1.38,1.43,0.45,1.20,2.44,2.44,2.13,2.42
1960,1.33,1.39,0.35,1.04,2.33,2.34,1.88,2.24
1955,1.21,1.27,0.39,0.96,2.19,2.20,1.98,2.17
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Footnote:,,,,,,,,
r   Revised based on population from the decennial census for that year.,,,,,,,,

"   Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March and ",,,,,,,,
"Annual Social and Economic Supplements, 2008 and earlier.",,,,,,,,
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION contact:,,,,,,,,
Fertility and Family Statistics Branch,,,,,,,,
301-763-2416,,,,,,,,
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Internet Release Date:  January 2009,,,,,
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