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Madilynn Bulot

2022-05-01T00:00:00Z

2022-05

This study examines the influence of women’s economic changes in the United States on the incidence of out-of-wedlock births in the United States over time. The data were obtained from various sources including the CDC, BLS, and U.S. Census from the year 1980 to 2018. It was found that women’s education and the fertility rate had significant impacts on out-of-wedlock births. However, while these societal norms had a positive correlation in the first few decades since Roe v. Wade, the technology shock has died down while these trends have continued their path, and women are now choosing to both work and be mothers rather than one or the other.

out-of-wedlock births
unmarried childbearing
Roe v Wade
societal attitudes
fatherless homes