Number: RL34756
Title: Nonmarital Childbearing: Trends, Reasons, and Public Policy Interventions
Authors: Carmen Solomon-Fears, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: This report analyzes the trends in nonmarital childbearing, discusses some of the characteristics of unwed mothers, addresses some issues involving the fathers of children born outside of marriage, covers many of the reasons for nonmarital childbearing, examines the impact of nonmarital births on families and on the nation, and presents the public policy interventions that have been used to prevent nonmarital births or ameliorate some of the negative financial consequences that are sometimes associated with nonmarital childbearing.
Pages: 57
Date: November 20, 2008