title: Three Decades of Nonmarital First Births Among Fathers Aged 15-44 in the United States.
abstract: The percentage of fathers aged 15-44 whose first births were nonmarital was lower in the 2000s (36%) than in the previous 2 decades. Fathers with first births in the 2000s were more likely to be in a nonmarital cohabiting union (24%) than those in the 1980s (19%). The percentage of fathers with a nonmarital first birth over the past 3 decades has remained similar for Hispanic and non-Hispanic white men, but has declined for non-Hispanic black men (1980s, 77%; 2000s, 66%). Fathers with nonmarital first births in the 2000s were less likely to be non-Hispanic black men (21%) than Hispanic (33%) or non-Hispanic white (39%) men. Fathers with nonmarital first births in the 2000s were more likely to be older at the time of the birth (33%) than those in the previous 2 decades.
authors.forename: Gladys M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Martinez
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017677:Age Distribution; D001722:Birth Order; D005220:Fathers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data