The Decline of Marriage and the Rise of Unwed Mothers: An Economic Mystery

The real mystery here isn’t “Why so many babies?” The real mystery is “Why so few marriages?” And we have an answer.

The Atlantic
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Reuters

This was the most shocking statistic I read this weekend:?58 percent?of first births in lower-middle-class households are now to unmarried women. Meanwhile, two in five of all births are to unwed mothers, an all-time high, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading “The Decline of Marriage and the Rise of Unwed Mothers: An Economic Mystery”