- More than 3 in 5 new young mothers unwed in 2011, Census says, By Frank Bass, May 1, 2013, Bloomberg News: “More than 60 percent of new mothers in their early 20s aren’t married, the U.S. government said today in a report that underscores concern about the well-being of the nation’s young children. The total number of births to unwed mothers increased to 36 percent in 2011 from 31 percent in 2005, the earliest year for which data are available, the U.S. Census Bureau said in the report. The bureau said 4.1 million women reported that they had given birth in the year covered by the survey…”
- Single motherhood in U.S. increases sharply, By Carol Morello, May 1, 2013, Washington Post: “More than six out of 10 women who give birth in their early 20s are unmarried, the Census Bureau said Wednesday in a report that shows sharp discrepancies in single mothers related to income, education and race. Census demographers said that single motherhood, while on a steady uptick since the 1940s, has accelerated in recent years…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty