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2009 Homeless adults and children in Minnesota statewide surveyHomeless adults with children121. For parents, how many children do you have that are age 17 or younger?* (continued)TotalsAnoka and Dakota Counties Metro StatewideMale Female Total Male Female Total Male Female TotalN % N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N %1 child 7 43.8% 34 36.6% 41 37.6% 249 48.6% 288 34.7% 537 40.0% 356 45.9% 447 35.0% 803 39.1%2 children 5 31.3% 31 33.3% 36 33.0% 147 28.7% 255 30.8% 402 30.0% 227 29.3% 392 30.7% 619 30.2%3 children 3 18.8% 15 16.1% 18 16.5% 72 14.1% 148 17.9% 220 16.4% 117 15.1% 225 17.6% 342 16.7%4 children - - 9 9.7% 9 8.3% 30 5.9% 86 10.4% 116 8.7% 49 6.3% 136 10.6% 185 9.0%5 children - - 2 2.2% 2 1.8% 9 1.8% 28 3.4% 37 2.8% 17 2.2% 45 3.5% 62 3.0%6 children - - 2 2.2% 2 1.8% 3 .6% 16 1.9% 19 1.4% 4 .5% 20 1.6% 24 1.2%7 children - - - - - - 1 .2% 5 .6% 6 .4% 4 .5% 8 .6% 12 .6%8 children 1 6.3% - - 1 .9% 1 .2% 2 .2% 3 .2% 1 .1% 3 .2% 4 .2%9 children - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -10 children - - - - - - - - 1 .1% 1 .1% 1 .1% 1 .1% 2 .1%Total 16 100.0% 93 100.0% 109 100.0% 512 100.0% 829 100.0% 1,341 100.0% 776 100.0% 1,277 100.0% 2,053 100.0%Average number of children 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.9 2.3 2.1 1.9 2.3 2.1Median number of children 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0* Information in this table is unweighted. It should be used to estimate the relative proportions of different family sizes. It can also be used as a known minimumestimate for the total number of children homeless adults have. Adults who were interviewed are parents of 233 children age 17 or younger. This includeschildren who were not with parents on the date of the survey. It does not include children of parents who were not interviewed. Gender is reported only for theparent who answered the survey (not for children).Homeless adults and children in Minnesota Wilder Research, September 2010