Asians are more likely than the overall U.S. population to be married, or to live in a multigenerational household, and their children are more likely to be raised in a two-parent home, the report says.

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The report says 28% of children in lone-parent families live in relative poverty, compared with 17% for those for "couple families".

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The two studies presented in the report, which involved more than 90 children ranging in age from 18 to 30 months, examined parent-child discourse about emotions during picture-book reading.

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