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Those racial numbers are correct, but might be misleading if not looked at in the context of the population size of each race. It's an issue that cuts across al
by 55555 4y ago
Those racial numbers are correct, but might be misleading if not looked at in the context of the population size of each race. It's an issue that cuts across all races though: a quarter of white children, a quarter of hispanic children, and nearly 3 quarters of black children are currently born to single mothers.
- bombcar 4y agoYep, it's a very serious issue with no easy answers.
- gammarator 4y agoIf you control for income, though, out-of-wedlock birth rates for black and white mothers are now very similar, though. “Our Kids” by Robert Putnam is a good summary.
- efitz 4y agoIs this cause or effect? Unmarried motherhood has a very high correlation with poverty but I always assumed that poverty was the effect, not the cause.