The relationship context of nonmarital childbearing in the U.S

Jennifer Manlove, Elizabeth Wildsmith, Suzanne Ryan and Kerry Franzetta
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Jennifer Manlove: Child Trends
Elizabeth Wildsmith: University of Pennsylvania
Suzanne Ryan: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Kerry Franzetta: Chapin Hall Center for Children

Demographic Research, 2010, vol. 23, issue 22, 615-654

Abstract: Using Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort data, we update estimates of cohabiting nonmarital births, examine factors associated with relationship context at birth, and assess racial/ethnic differences. We find that 52% of nonmarital births occur within cohabitations – an increase of 33% since the early 1990s. Blacks have shown the greatest increase in cohabiting births over time. We also find that the fertility histories of men and women have opposite influences on nonmarital childbearing. Furthermore, for Whites, a partner of a different race/ethnicity is associated with a higher risk of a nonmarital birth; for Blacks and Hispanics, the opposite is true.

Keywords: cohabitation; nonmarital childbearing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2010.23.22

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