Sentences with phrase «many of these nonmarital births»

Barber's studies, which often look at patterns in 40 countries or more, have shown the power of the sex ratio in predicting such things as the rate of nonmarital births, the practice of polygyny, and even the likelihood that men will grow facial hair.

Many are still in school (either high school or college); 21 percent of nonmarital births are to women under age 20.

In the case of nonmarital births, estimates say that 56 percent of fathers will be living away from their child by his or her third birthday.

Random samples of both married and unmarried births were selected until preset quotas were reached based on the percentage of nonmarital births in the city that occurred at that hospital in 1996 or 1997.

Variations by race of child Compared with whites, African Americans have a higher rate of marital disruption and a substantially higher rate of nonmarital births.

This dramatic rise in the number of nonmarital births is of growing concern because of the precarious economic status of single parents (most often mothers) and their children.

This dramatic rise in the number of nonmarital births is of growing concern because of the precarious economic status of single parents (most often mothers) and children.

Chapter One provides general background information on the prevalence of nonmarital births, the influence of fathers on child outcomes, and how these topics relate to paternity establishment in Texas.

For women with a high - school diploma and maybe some college, the number is about 30 percent.42 And these women are having children outside of marriage in large numbers; indeed, about half of nonmarital births are to cohabiting couples.43 The point here is that most women without a college degree continue to experience «love and babies» in their early twenties, just without the benefit of marriage.

The growing trend in multipartnered fertility, along with high rates of nonmarital births, means that many men are fathering children from multiple women at a distance, 45,46 a trait that is associated with greater externalizing behaviours and poorer health among children.47

Not exact matches

Therefore, contemporary increases in the number of divorces, nonmarital births and fatherless children are just new wrinkles on perennial problems of life.

Related disparities arose in births out of marriage and in children living with a single parent — not much change in Belmont, a great change in Fishtown: almost 30 percent of white births are now nonmarital, up from just a few percent in 1960.

Both the Perry Preschool Project and later the Abecedarian Project [see Figure 1] reported substantial initial gains in cognitive indicators followed by significant long - term improvements in later school performance, rates of teenage and nonmarital births, and employment and earnings.

On average, single - parent families had only half the income of two - parent families, and this difference accounted for about half the gap between the two sets of children in high school dropout and nonmarital teen birth rates (in regression models that also controlled for race, sex, mother's and father's education, number of siblings, and residence).31

Similarly, many women who have had a nonmarital birth eventually marry men who are not the fathers of their children.

One study found that in African American families (but not European American families), children who lived with stepfathers were less likely to drop out of high school or (among daughters) have a nonmarital birth.41 Similarly, a study of African Americans living in high - poverty neighborhoods found that girls living with their mothers and stepfathers were less likely than girls living with single mothers to become sexually active or pregnant.

For example, adults who experience parental divorce as a child have lower socioeconomic attainment, an increased risk of having a nonmarital birth, weaker bonds with parents, lower psychological well - being, poorer marital quality, and an elevated risk of seeing their own marriage end in divorce.7 Overall, the evidence is consistent that parental divorce during childhood is linked with a wide range of problems in adulthood.

Nonmarital births were oversampled relative to marital births in a ratio of 3 to 1.

Specifically, compared with children who grow up in stable, two - parent families, children born outside marriage reach adulthood with less education, earn less income, have lower occupational status, are more likely to be idle (that is, not employed and not in school), are more likely to have a nonmarital birth (among daughters), have more troubled marriages, experience higher rates of divorce, and report more symptoms of depression.8

Given that rates of divorce and nonmarital births have not changed much since the mid-1990s, this figure is probably close to the current figure, and it is nearly identical to the estimate provided by Susan Brown from the 1999 National Survey of American Families.

This list provides a primer on nonmarital births, highlighting some of the essential trends and legal considerations relevant to births that occur outside of marriage.

The chapter also examines the involvement of AOP - signing fathers three years after a nonmarital birth and analyzes the relative impacts of various paternal risk factors in an effort to understand which characteristics have the most influence on a father's odds of being uninvolved.

Since the enactment of Title IV - D of the Social Security Act in 1975, a wave of federal legislation has swept through state child support agencies in an effort to simplify the paternity establishment process for nonmarital births.

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The data provide snapshots of relationships among unmarried Texas parents during pregnancy, shortly after birth, and three years after a nonmarital birth.

Three years after a nonmarital birth, the proportion of AOP - signing fathers who remain accessible and responsible to their children has fallen noticeably in relation to a similar group of fathers examined shortly after birth.

Parents who do not sign an AOP are most likely to have neither informal nor formal support arrangements — three months after a nonmarital birth, 48 percent of non-signing fathers provide no financial support at all.

This brief examines the dynamics of relationship violence among unmarried parents with newborns, paying special attention to the common characteristics and trajectories that typify violent relationships in the period surrounding a nonmarital birth.

Taken together, these policies have proven a marked success in boosting the rate of paternity establishment for nonmarital births.

The chapter draws on data collected by CFRP to examine the ways in which Texas fathers are involved three months after a nonmarital birth and how that involvement differs by various characteristics of the mother and father.

The concept showed promise as part of a job readiness and job search assistance program for seventeen - to twenty - four - year - old couples.60 Helping young people get off to a solid start in careers can be important for improving couple outcomes and avoiding nonmarital births.

Five years after a nonmarital birth, the annual contribution of unwed fathers who had never been in prison averaged nearly $ 2,700, about 2.7 times the $ 964 average annual payment by unwed fathers who had been imprisoned.56 Net of other social and personal characteristics, previously incarcerated fathers are 36 percent less likely to make financial contributions to their children, and when they do, they contribute less than other nonresident fathers.

This capstone model of marriage does not typically lead to a nonmarital birth among college - educated women, because a twentysomething birth might derail their professional progress and because they have access to potential mates (educated, independent) who fit the model.

The latest brief in this series, Fathers in the First Few Months, takes stock of how fathers are involved with their children shortly after a nonmarital birth and considers how policy might play a role in bettering the prospects of today's most at - risk children.