Single Motherhood Increases Dramatically For Certain Demographics, Census Bureau Reports

Submitted by Mastodon on Thu, 2013-05-02 21:28

Article here. Excerpt:

'The rate of single motherhood, which has been steadily increasing since the 1940s, has skyrocketed in recent years, according to a report by the U.S. Census Bureau released on May 1st.

While the birth rate for single women has greatly increased across all demographics -- according to the report, which is based on data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, the birth rate for single mothers in 2007 was 80 percent higher than it was in 1980, and 20 percent of that increase happened between 2002 and 2007 -- the numbers are particularly high for recent mothers (mothers who gave birth in the previous 12 months) between age 20 and 24.

In 2011, 62 percent of women between ages 20 and 24 who had recently given birth were unmarried.

Among women ages 35 to 39, the percentage was considerably lower -- 17 percent of women who recently gave birth were unmarried -- but overall, 36 percent of the 4.1 million women who reported they had given birth in the past year were unmarried. That's up from 31 percent in 2005.'

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... isn't a bad thing. It means the mother isn't married. But maybe neither the mother nor father want to be married.

What *is* a problem is women having kids and expecting the taxpayer to pick up the tab or better yet, expect the father to pay when he didn't want the kid(s). But alas the legal system doesn't honor any male repro. rights or respect his decisions. It's all about mama.

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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2013-05-03 00:06