Children of Incarcerated Parents

families were nuclear families,
composed of two parents and children.
differences in the family structure based
on “gender, marital status, and the
presence or absence of children, other
relatives or nonrelatives." These family
sub-structures are divided up into three
major
structures: nuclear
families, extended families, and
augmented families.
In New York City in 1925, 85% of kinrelated
black households had two
parents. When Moynihan warned in his
1965 report on the coming destruction of
the black family, however, the out-ofwedlock
birthrate had increased to 25%
among blacks. This figure continued to
rise over time and in 1991, 68% of black
children were born outside of
marriage. U.S. Census data from 2010
reveal that more African American
families consisted of single-parent
mothers than married homes with both
parents. Most recently, in 2011 it was
reported that 72% of black babies were
born to unwed mothers.
The African-American family structure
has been divided into a twelve-part
typology that is used to show the
African-American Families
At A Glance
African-American Nuclear Families
Andrew Billingsley's research on the
African-American nuclear family is
organized into three groups: Incipient
Nuclear, Simple Nuclear, Segmented
Nuclear I, and Segmented Nuclear II. In
1992 Paul Glick supplied statistics
showing the African-American nuclear
family structure consisted of 80% of total
African-American families in comparison
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