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... > contexts > demography > family characteristics > marital status > divorce > cultural sociology of divorce > culture, society, and popular media > childbearing decisions
... > contexts > population characteristics > health > public health > epidemiologic measurements > demography > family characteristics > marital status > divorce > cultural sociology of divorce > culture, society, and popular media > childbearing decisions
... > contexts > population characteristics > demography > family characteristics > marital status > divorce > cultural sociology of divorce > culture, society, and popular media > childbearing decisions
... > contexts > population characteristics > socioeconomic factors > family characteristics > marital status > divorce > cultural sociology of divorce > culture, society, and popular media > childbearing decisions

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childbearing decisions  

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  • A marked cultural shift has occurred over the last several decades in attitudes toward marriage, accompanied by a rise in the number of families impacted by divorce and an increase in the number of children born from nonmarital unions. The following trends are of note: the ratio of marriages to divorce in the United States is approximately two to one; youth of divorced parents are more likely than those from continuously married parents to participate in nonmarital cohabitation; and the number of births to unmarried women was at an all-time high at the end of the 20th century. [Source: Cultural Sociology of Divorce: An Encyclopedia; Childbearing Decisions]

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