Unmarried Births

Resources

  Kids Count - The Right Start Online
(Annie E. Casey Foundation)
  Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study
(Princeton University)
  US CDC: National Center for Health Statistics: Birth Data
(Center for Disease Control and Prevention)

Publications

View a list of archived publications.

Aug 2005 The Well-Being of Single-Mother Families After Welfare Reform
(Brookings Institution)
May 2005 Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgment
(Institute for Research on Poverty)
Apr 2005 The Implementation of Maternity Group Home Programs: Serving Pregnant and Parenting Teens in a Residential Setting
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation)
Mar 2005 Hispanic Teen Birth Rates: A Look Behind the Numbers
(Child Trends, Inc.)
Mar 2005 2005 Fact Sheet on Teen Childbearing Issues
(Child Trends, Inc.)
Jan 2005 Receipt of Unemployment Insurance Among Unemployed Single Mothers
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation)
Jan 2005 How Did the 2001 Recession Affect Single Mothers?
(Urban Institute)
Nov 2004 Births: Preliminary Data for 2003
(Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Nov 2004 Rate of Teen Births per 1,000 Population, 2002
(Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
Oct 2004 The Child Support Program Promotes Marriage and Reduces Non-Marital Childbearing
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
Oct 2004 The Relationship Between Teenage Motherhood and Marriage
(Child Trends, Inc.)
Sep 2004 An Update to State Policy Initiatives to Reduce Teen and Adult Nonmarital Childbearing
(Urban Institute)
Apr 2004 Steep Decline in Teen Birth Rate Significantly Responsible for Reducing Child Poverty and Single-Parent Families
(National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Nov 2003 Across America: Preventing Teen Pregnancy in California, Georgia, and Michigan
(National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Oct 2003 Health, United States, 2003 (Reporting U.S. Infant Mortality, Teen Birth Rates Down, Prenatal Care Up)
(Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Sep 2003 Teen Parents: Resources to Support and Promote Self-Sufficiency
(Welfare Information Network of the Finance Project)
Sep 2003 Marriage and Cohabitation Transitions Among Unwed Mothers: Implications for Marriage Promotion Policies
(Columbia University)
Sep 2003 Love and Distrust Among Unmarried Parents
(Northwestern University)
Sep 2003 Staying Single: The Effects of Welfare Reform Policies on Marriage and Cohabitation
(MDRC)
Aug 2003 Improving Access to TANF for Teen Parents
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
Aug 2003 Teen Parents and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: A Summary of Recent Congressional Action
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
Jun 2003 Births: Preliminary Data for 2002
(US Department of Health and Human Services)
Jun 2003 TANF and the Status of Teen Mothers under Age 18
(Urban Institute)
Jun 2003 Teenagers and Welfare Reform
(Urban Institute)
May 2003 Increased Abstinence Causes a Large Drop in Teen Pregnancy
(Heritage Foundation)
May 2003 Reauthorization Issues: The Education/Training Requirement for TANF Teen Parents
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
Apr 2003 Teen Sexual Activity, Pregnancy and Childbearing Among Latinos in the United States
(National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Feb 2003 State Experience and Perspectives on Reducing Out-of-Wedlock Births
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation)
Jan 2003 Teen Parents and the Reauthorization of Welfare Reform
(Welfare Information Network of the Finance Project)
Feb 2000 How Teen Mothers Are Faring Under Welfare Reform?
(Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan)