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Direct linkGibson-Davis, Christina – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2011
This study analyzed trends in marital behavior for unwed mothers who gave birth between 1960 and 2004. With nationally representative data on 15,353 White and Black unmarried mothers, results indicated that mothers who gave birth after 1989 were waiting much longer to marry than were mothers giving birth before 1968. The most pronounced delays…
Descriptors: African Americans, Unwed Mothers, Marriage, Enrollment Trends
