Post by nina2 on Mar 21, 2009 5:08:36 GMT -5
Amid a New Baby Boom, a Jump in Adult Unwed Mothers
By AMY SULLIVAN Amy Sullivan – Fri Mar 20, 5:50 pm ET
... "The rising birth rate among those twenty-something women - sometimes referred to as the "Knocked Up" phenomenon - caught the attention of researchers a few years ago. The numbers were sufficiently alarming that the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, knowing that 7 of 10 pregnancies to single women in their twenties are unplanned, decided to expand its mission to include young women in this vulnerable age group. Says Sarah Brown, CEO of the newly named National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy: "We first started to notice this trend [because] when teen birth rates went down, those for women in their twenties were going up. Historically, those rates all track together - they all went up and down together. This was an aberration."
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"The rise in unmarried mothers is just part of what amounts to a new baby boom; the 4.3 million births in 2007 was the highest number ever registered in the country. That's good news for Babies 'R Us and the daycare industry. But the rise in births to unmarried mothers could become a policy challenge, even for those who disagree with Dan Quayle. Study after study has shown that babies born to unmarried mothers are at higher risk of ending up in poverty, and that the mothers themselves face educational and economic hurdles. "And in this economy, where attachment to the labor force and jobs are so precarious," says Brown, "the need for teen and young adult years to be used for education and training has never been more pressing."
Controversial or not? Sexist? Why?
Full article:
news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090320/us_time/08599188681400
By AMY SULLIVAN Amy Sullivan – Fri Mar 20, 5:50 pm ET
... "The rising birth rate among those twenty-something women - sometimes referred to as the "Knocked Up" phenomenon - caught the attention of researchers a few years ago. The numbers were sufficiently alarming that the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, knowing that 7 of 10 pregnancies to single women in their twenties are unplanned, decided to expand its mission to include young women in this vulnerable age group. Says Sarah Brown, CEO of the newly named National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy: "We first started to notice this trend [because] when teen birth rates went down, those for women in their twenties were going up. Historically, those rates all track together - they all went up and down together. This was an aberration."
.../...
"The rise in unmarried mothers is just part of what amounts to a new baby boom; the 4.3 million births in 2007 was the highest number ever registered in the country. That's good news for Babies 'R Us and the daycare industry. But the rise in births to unmarried mothers could become a policy challenge, even for those who disagree with Dan Quayle. Study after study has shown that babies born to unmarried mothers are at higher risk of ending up in poverty, and that the mothers themselves face educational and economic hurdles. "And in this economy, where attachment to the labor force and jobs are so precarious," says Brown, "the need for teen and young adult years to be used for education and training has never been more pressing."
Controversial or not? Sexist? Why?
Full article:
news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090320/us_time/08599188681400