Decoupling of Marriage and Childbearing: Exploring Surprising Demographic Trends

Reduction in marriage and increase in non marital childbearing have led to a decoupling of marriage from having and raising kids./nDivorce rates are not driving the decline in marriage; fewer people are getting married even when they have kids./nTeen childbearing has significantly decreased, leading to a decline in births among young women./nDespite the decline in births and divorce rates, the share of kids living in single parent households has not decreased as expected./nIn the past, single parent households were primarily among teen moms and disadvantaged groups, but now it has spread across the socioeconomic distribution.

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