STUDY CLAIMS 36.8 PERCENT OF BIRTHS TO UNWED MOTHERS

Up from 5.3 percent in 1960. Also from the story: Even though single motherhood is more common than in the past, the Pew study also found that public opinion about unmarried childbearing remains strongly negative. It is the one social change that "drew a thumbs-down from more than half of respondents," the survey says. The study found 71% of those surveyed believe more births to unwed women are a "big problem;" 44% believe unmarried women having children is "always or almost always wrong;" 66% say single women having children is bad for society; and 59% believe unmarried couples having children is bad for society.

USA Today

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