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Author Sawhill, Isabel V

Title Generation unbound : drifting into sex and parenthood without marriage / Isabel V. Sawhill
Published Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 209 pages) : illusrations
Contents Preface -- 1. An introduction -- 2. The end of marriage? -- 3. Why should we worry? -- 4. A growing class divide -- 5. Traditionalists and village builders -- 6. Childbearing by design, not by default -- 7. The future : less marriage, fewer children? -- Appendix
Summary 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 totraditional 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
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Notes Print version record
Subject Unmarried mothers -- United States
Unmarried fathers -- United States
Youth -- Sexual behavior -- United States
Family planning -- United States
Marriage -- United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Classes.
Family planning
Marriage
Social conditions
Unmarried fathers
Unmarried mothers
Youth -- Sexual behavior
SUBJECT United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140524
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0815725590
9780815725596