United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Single Mothers—Unwanted Births 6 7
No. 98. C h i l d r e n E v e r B o r n t o S i n g l e W o m e n , b y A g e a n d R a c e o f W o m a n : 1 9 7 0 t o 1 9 8 0
[Refers to women never-married at time of survey. 1970 as of April, based on the enumerated resident population, 1976 and 1980
as of June, based on the civilian noninstitutional population from Current Population Survey. See text, p. 2)
ALL SINGLE WOMEN 1 WHITE SINGLE WOMEN BLACK SINGLE WOMEN
ITEM
Total,
18-49
years
18-29
years
30-49
years
Total,
18-49
years
16-29
years
30-49
years
Total,
18-49
years
18-29
years
30-49
years
1970
Single women (1,000).............................. 8,107 6,664 1,443 6.788 5,615 1,173 1,177 933 244
Children ever born (1,000).................................. 1,755 1,024 731 893 407 286 1,021 592 429
Rate per 1,000 women.................................... 216 154 506 102 72 244 867 635 1,758
Percent distribution by number bom:
None........................................................... 90.0 91.1 62.6 94.7 95.7 90.6 60.2 64.1 45.6
One............................................................. j 10.0 8.9
1 6.6 3.1 3.0 4.5 19.5 20.3 15.8
Two or more................................................ [ 10.6 2.2 1.2 4.9 20.2 15.5 38.6
1976
Single women (1,000).............................. 10,180 8,823 1,357 8,189 7,157 1,032 1,772 1,476 296
Children ever bom (1,000).................................. 2,198 1,425 773 606 405 203 1.644 983 561
Rate per 1,000 women.................................... 216 162 570 74 57 197 871 666 1,895
Percent distribution by number bom:
None........................................................... 88.1 89.5 79.3 95.1 95.7 90.4 56.1 59.3 40.1
One............................................................. 6.8 6.9 6.8 3.4 3.3 4.2 22.7 24.0 16.2
Two or more................................................ 5.0 3.7 13.9 1.5 .9 5.4 21.2 16.7 43.8
1980
Single women (1,000).............................. 12,500 10,693 1,807 9,862 8,557 1,305 2,327 1,888 439
Children ever bom (1,000).................................. 3,142 2,022 1,120 896 666 232 2,199 1,325 874
Rate per 1,000 women.................................... 251 169 620 91 78 178 945 702 1,991
Percent distribution by number born:
None...... 85.7 87.3 76.4 93.5 93.9 90.5 52.2 56.7 32.6
One........ 8.6 8.5 9.0 4.9 4.7 5.9 24.5 26.0 18,5
Two or more 5.7 4.2 14.6 1.6 1.3 3.6 23.3 17.3 49.0
‘Includes races not shown separately.
Source; U.S. Bureau of the Census, C e n s u s o f P o p u la tio n : 1 9 7 0 , W o m e n b y N u m b e r o f C h ild re n E v e r B o rn , PC(2)-3A; and
C u rre n t P o p u la tio n R e p o rts, series P-20, No. 308, and forthcoming report.
No. 99. U n w a n te d B ir t h s o f A l l M o t h e r s , 1 5 - 4 4 Y e a r s O l d : 1 9 7 3 a n d 1 9 7 6
[Data represent the birth experience to date of all mothers 15-44 years old who have been married or are single with children of
their own in the household. From the 1973 and 1976 National Survey of Family Growth; based on a multi-stage area probabltty
sample. Data are subjeot to sampling variability]
1973 1976
CHARACTERISTIC
Number
of
mothers
(1,000)
Total
live
births 1
(1,000)
Unwanted
births a
Number
(1,000)
Number
of
mothers
(1,000)
Total
live
births 1
(1,000)
Unwanted
births 3
Percent
Number
(1,000)
Percent
All
births
per
mother
Unwanted
3
births
per
mother
Total mothers 3.............................. 25,803 68,184 8,910 13.1 4 27,055 4 67,849 8.125 12.0 2.51 ,30
Race:
White................................................. 22,182 57,551 6,068 10.5 22,837 56,238 5,350 9.5 2.46 .23
Black.............................................................. 3,359 9,984 2,783 27.9 3,726 10,525 2,716 25.8 2.82 .73
Education:
Less than high school......................... 2,622 9,123 1,501 16.5 2,187 7,274 1,264 17.4 3.33 .58
High school: 1-3 years....................... 5,697 16,884 3,024 17.9 5,478 15,543 2,405 15.5 2.84 .44
4 years........................... 12,161 29,917 3,307 11.1 12,651 30,405 3,391 11.2 2.40 .27
College: 1-3 years.............................. 3,182 7,585 734 9,7 3,763 8,391 776 9.3 2.23 .21
4 years or more..................... 2,140 4,675 344 7.4 2,925 6,114 286 4.7 2.09 .10
Currently married mothers3........ 21,816 57,524 6,418 11.2 * 22,253 4 55,900 5,516 9.9 2.51 .25
Race:
White................................................. 19,764 51,391 5,055 9.8 19,921 49,463 4,299 8.7 2.48 .22
Black.................................................. 1,822 5,561 1,331 23.9 1,927 5,533 1,177 21.3 2.87 .61
Education:
Less than high school......................... 1,948 6,846 838 12.2 1,663 5,584 832 14.9 3.36 .50
High school: 1-3 years....................... 4,482 13,274 2,114 15.9 3,951 11,226 1,320 11.6 2,64 .33
4 years........................... 10,646 26,494 2,566 9.6 10,741 26,120 2,547 9.8 2,43 .24
College: 1-3 years.............................. 2,816 6,722 602 9.0 3,244 7,381 597 8.1 2.28 .18
4 years or more..................... 1,924 4,187 279 6.7 2,613 5,503 219 4.0 2.11 .08
‘ Multiple births counted only once. 2All births which mothers report as "not wanted" or "probably not wanted" at time of
becoming pregnant. 3 Includes races not shown separately. 4 Includes education not reported.
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, W a n te d a n d U n w a n te d B irth s R e p o rte d b y M o th e rs , 1 5 -4 4 Y e a rs o f A g e :
U n ite d S ta te s , 1 9 7 3 a n d 1 9 7 8 ; A d v a n c e D a ta F ro m V ita ! a n d H e a lth S ta tis tic s , HRA 77-1250 and PHS 80-1250; and unpublished
data.