If we could lower their unintended pregnancy rates to the level experienced by college - educated women, we could reduce the proportion of children
born outside of marriage by 25 percent.
There is an increasing consensus about the value of intact two - parent families, together with an understanding of the social risks posed by increases in
births outside of marriage.
The proportion of first births that
occur outside of marriage is only 12 percent for those who are college graduates but 58 percent for everyone else.
For moral, personal or religious reasons, a parent might feel uncomfortable about the child living in a home the other parent shares with
someone outside of marriage.
The affair might look like a long - term sexual relationship where a spouse is emotionally and physically involved with a
person outside of the marriage.
«It's like somebody sending a letter to your wife saying you've got another 10 girlfriends and five
kids outside of marriage,» he says.
In fact, a majority of births to women under 30
happen outside of marriage — and divorce rates for those who do marry have blown past 40 percent.
I would view them, if they continued their sexual practices, the same I would a man who was living with a
woman outside of marriage.
It follows, second, that sexual intercourse should take place only between husband and wife, and
not outside of marriage.
I was a member of a church where if two people made a
baby outside of marriage, they held a closed meeting of members only, no visitors.
I happen to think that women are a lot more open minded about seeking help
outside of the marriage while men want to do things internally, you know.
Another typical situation is when a mother with a child born
outside of marriage wants to have the child take the father's last name after marriage.