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Dynamics of Families After a N mria Birth
Angela Rachidi january 2021.
Lespite known inks between poverty rates anrd u nmarried parenthood, we kn3w littie about now
changes in .arnily situatio-nsa -a a -nonmaital obirth affect pvr -ty. This study exlores Future of Far-
dies and Child Wv-ebeing Study data to document dcange to Whe relationship status, ernployrnent
status. and education eve o a Cohort of unmaied rnothers vho gave birth in urbar areas in the
ate .990Cs and th{ im piications for poverty rates over - ~-ear fol ow-u< p period. For chidren born
o unrarried parents in ui bari areas, official poverty rates imrnoved rnodestly in the 15 years after
'se birth, wi t trna empl.ymnent educa Ition ains, and msrriage corresponoing t0 lower pov-
erty rates on average over nime. Using the success sequence as a frarnework, poverty rates were
drarnaticaily (an scesticary iowr en mothers who were unmarried at the time of childbirth
subsequentfly arried, worked ul -tirme and had at least a hgh school education, sugestincg the
achievema nt of sucess-seouence milestones can lead to lower child poverty even after the birth of
a child outside marriage.
In the 99O s, res arChr s at Prnceton Universilty and
coluia iversit-y initiated the Future of Families
and Child W`elleirg Study, r-f-Frred to in this rport as
the utur of Famiies ' itdy' to provide isighs into a
poorly understood dernographr ic group-----ur rried
parents and their children (Reichman eta;. 2001). A sig-
nificant surge in nonrmartai chi dbearng in the prior
deCades increased int-rest in unarried amnili-s<, th
hirs to unmarried parens increasing from 5 percent o
total births in 960 to 31 percent by 1993 (CDC 1995)
Equally concerning was that children living with a singie
parent had poverty rates five tires the rates for children
in married ]amilies (Shrid r an 6Cream~r 2023).
The rate o nonrmarital births continued its upward
trend post -9, and although the rise has plateaued in
i iuary 20/ -gt onudy u-n reimEd from the .rie Fami;ies
reent yers, aimost 40 percent of chi dren are currently
bcirn to u n narrie parents (:tone 2 1I8; Osterman e. a.
2(23). These ciidren r-ain at a considerably higher
risk of poverty -- onared to tise born into marriec
farnilies.
Pubk polbths have soght to assistc),v I-income fm-
ilies by offering financial supp?~?rt, with federal expen-
ditures on m tea nt ]s d pr.rs doubling n real
dollars ince the ate 1990s (Rachidi, Weidinger, and
Winship 2020. --low ever, uestions rernain over the
extent to which sa'ety-net po-iies help low-income
arnaiies achieve- self suFficency versus sirnpy helping
themn toerate poverty bett'r. These unanswered que-
tions Cdud-rscore the need for a deeper understanding
of the speciliC circumstarces oh unmarried families over
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