Children's Housing Characteristics 2: Household Characteristics and Stability: 1990 - 2000
U.S. Change 2.1
Percentage-Point Change
1990 - 2000
Increase of 2.1 or more (26)
Increase 2.0 or less
(21)
Decrease (-0.2)
(1)
No Signif icant Change
(3)
Change in Percent of Children Living in an Owned
Home: 1990 - 2000
U.S. Change 1.4
Percentage-Point Change
1990 - 2000
Increase of 1.4 or more (21)
Increase of 1.3 or less
(7)
Decrease (-0.6 to -3.1)
(7)
No Signif icant Change (16)
Change In Percent of Children who Lived in Same
House Five Years Ago: 1990 - 2000
U.S. Change 2.8
Percentage-Point Change
1990 - 2000
Increase of 2.8 or more (14)
Increase of 2.7 or less (26)
Decrease ( -0.8 to -2.5) (7)
No Signif icant Change
(4)
Change in Percent of Children Living in Crowded
Housing: 1990 - 2000
U.S. Change -0.2
Percentage-Point Change
1990 - 2000
Increase (0.1 to 0.7)
(15)
Decrease of 0.2 or less (11)
Decrease of 0.3 or more (19)
No Signif icant Change
(6)
Change in Percent of Children Living in Houses
Without Complete Plumbing or Kitchens: 1990 - 2000
Children's Housing Characteristics 2: Household Characteristics and Stability: 1990 -
2000
● Nationally, a greater percentage of children lived in owned homes in 2000 than in 1990. This
increase occurred in all regions and most states, with the only decline occurring in New York.
● Vermont's 7.3 percent increase in children living in the same house as they did five years
ago raised its percentage of nonmover children to 62 percent.
● Crowded housing is defined as an average of more than one person per room living in a
household. After increasing by 2.8 percentage points during the decade, 19 percent of children
lived in crowded housing in 2000. The gain in the West of 5.3 points was the largest among
the regions.
● In 2000, slightly over half of children ages 5 to 17 years had not moved during the previous
five years. This represented an increase in the measure from a decade earlier. The
percentage of children who moved in