CHANGING FAMILIES

Date: 2007-10-12

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Thirty-eight percent of children today are born outside of marriage, while 5 percent of children in 1960 were born to unmarried parents.

• Twenty-five percent of married fathers have a college degree, compared to 3 percent for cohabitating fathers.

• Income for married couples is almost twice as high as cohabitating couples.

• Married mothers are more likely to come from intact families than cohabitating mothers.

• Cohabitating parents more frequently have children from previous relationships.

• Forty percent of cohabitating couples separate by the time their child is 3, in one large nationwide study. Twelve percent separate within six months of a child’s birth.

• Twelve percent of married parents separate by the time their child is 3, according to that same study.

Source: BGSU marriage researchers and studies

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