Unmarried Childbearing
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Data are for the U.S.
- Number of live births to unmarried women: 1,601,527
- Birth rate for unmarried women: 43.4 births per 1,000 unmarried women aged 15-44
- Percent of all births to unmarried women: 40.3%
Source: Births: Final Data for 2015, table 15 [PDF – 1.9 MB]
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- Birth rates for unmarried women, by age of mother: United States, 1970, 1975, and 1980–2015, and by age and race and Hispanic origin of mother: United States, 1980–2015 Births: Final Data for 2015, table 16 [PDF – 1.9 MB]
- Trends in Attitudes About Marriage, Childbearing, and Sexual Behavior: United States, 2002, 2006-2010, and 2011-2013 [PDF – 305 KB]
- Recent Declines in Nonmarital Childbearing in the United States
- Three Decades of Nonmarital First Births Among Fathers Aged 15–44 in the United States
- Page last reviewed: January 20, 2017
- Page last updated: March 31, 2017
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