Saturday, March 21, 2009

New CDC studies on Births—39.7% unmarried childbearing

 

Unmarried childbearing increased to historic levels in 2007 for women aged 15-44. An estimated 1.7 million babies were born to unmarried women in 2007, accounting for 39.7 percent of all births in the United States – an increase of 4 percent from 2006. Unmarried childbearing has increased 26 percent since 2002 when the recent steep increases began.  Click  on the following for this government report:

CDC Newsroom Press Release March 18, 2009

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