So it is your impression that declining marital rates are driven by women?

Leslie Loftis

Mar 16, 2017·1 min read

So it is your impression that declining marital rates are driven by women? (Genuine question. Not a trap. I’m currently trying to place an article on this,)

Leslie Loftis

Teacher of life admin and curator of commentary. Occasional writer.

This, however, doesn’t necessarily mean young women aren’t getting pregnant; they’re just less likely to marry the blue-collar fathers when they do. More numbers: Between 1980 and 2013, the share of children born to unmarried mothers more than doub…

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