currently married were roughly the same, 67 percent and 64 percent, ... American  women was 44 percent to 36 percent—more than three times larger.4 .... 1950, so  that now almost one-third of all American children are born out of wedlock (see  Fig. 2). From 1950 to 1997, the proportion of births to unmarried white women ...
First, an increasing number of children are being born to unmarried parents. In  2004, 36 percent of all births were to unmarried women. ... Out-of-wedlock  childbearing often sets teenagers on an unfortunate life course, one that places  them and their children at greater risk of additional unintended childbearing,  diminished ...
Oct 17, 2013 ... According to a New York Times report, 36 percent of mothers who reported giving  birth in 2011 weren't married. Grace said she felt ... Pope Francis recently said in  May that the Catholic Church should bless children born out of wedlock, because  their mothers chose life over abortion. “'Look at this girl who ...
Sep 3, 2014 ... If you count a generation as spanning 20 years, then approximately 36 percent of  the American generation born from 1993 through 2012 — which has begun  turning 21 this ... That does not count the 40.6 percent of babies (1,605,643 out of  3,957,577) born in 2013 who were also born to unmarried mothers.
Sep 19, 2007 ... And currently in this country -- currently -- we're at 36 percent of our children born  out of wedlock." -- Sen. ... Both the decline in marriage rates and the rise in  numbers of children born out of wedlock long precede attempts to "redefine"  marriage by permitting civil unions and gay marriages. Domestic ...
Currently, we're at 36 percent of our children born out of wedlock.