Jennifer Manlove
Suzanne Ryan
Elizabeth Wildsmith
Kerry Franzetta

http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol23/22/

doi:10.4054/DemRes.2010.23.22

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Abstract

Using Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort data, we update estimates of cohabiting nonmarital births, examine factors associated with relationship context at birth, and assess racial/ethnic differences. We find that 52% of nonmarital births occur within cohabitations – an increase of 33% since the early 1990s. Blacks have shown the greatest increase in cohabiting births over time. We also find that the fertility histories of men and women have opposite influences on nonmarital childbearing. Furthermore, for Whites, a partner of a different race/ethnicity is associated with a higher risk of a nonmarital birth; for Blacks and Hispanics, the opposite is true.

Author's affiliation
Jennifer Manlove
Child Trends, United States of America
Suzanne Ryan
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
Elizabeth Wildsmith
University of Pennsylvania, United States of America
Kerry Franzetta
Chapin Hall Center for Children, United States of America

Keywords
cohabitation, non-marital childbearing

Word count (Main text)
6762

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