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View Resource Marriage, Poverty, and Public Policy

According to recent census statistics, the poverty level for families headed by single moms is 33%, while the poverty level for two parent families with children is only 6%. For this reason, many people feel the solution to poverty reduction is merely to marry off single moms. However, according to the report "Marriage, Poverty, and Public Policy," the solution to lessening this percentage gap is...

https://prospect.org/article/marriage-poverty-public-policy/
View Resource National Vital Statistics Reports: Nonmarital Childbearing in the United States 1940-99

On October 18, the National Center for Health Statistics released a new report tracking trends and patterns in nonmarital births. "Based on data from birth certificates reported to NCHS through the National Vital Statistics System, the report describes the level of unmarried childbearing over the past 60 years, by such characteristics as age, race, and ethnicity of the mother." In line with a...

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr48/nvs48_16.pdf