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Generation Unbound: Drifting into Sex and Parenthood without Marriage

Generation Unbound: Drifting into Sex and Parenthood without Marriage

Sawhill, Isabel V.

Paperback

General Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 081572635X
ISBN13: 9780815726357
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: Sep 25 2014
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Over half of all births to young adults in the United States now occur outside of marriage, and many are unplanned. The result is increased poverty and inequality for children. The left argues for more social support for unmarried parents; the right argues for a return to traditional marriage.
In Generation Unbound, Isabel V. Sawhill offers a third approach: change drifters into planners. In a well-written and accessible survey of the impact of family structure on child well-being, Sawhill contrasts planners, who are delaying parenthood until after they marry, with drifters, who are having unplanned children early and outside of marriage. These two distinct patterns are contributing to an emerging class divide and threatening social mobility in the United States.

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