“When they do marry, mothers are more likely to have husbands who are significantly older and less educated than those of childless women.
“It’s more difficult for unwed mothers to get married, and if they do, they tend to not marry well,” said Zhenchao Qian, co-author of the study and associate professor of sociology at Ohio State University.
“The results suggest that efforts by the federal government and states to promote marriage among young, poor Americans need to do more to prevent out-of-wedlock childbearing, Qian said. He conducted the study with Leanna Mellott, graduate student in sociology at Ohio State, and Daniel Lichter, professor at Cornell University.”
TheStateOf. . . Good Husbands I (J) would say that most of my friends that would qualify as “good husbands” would not marry a woman who had a baby out of wedlock. But some would. I think she’d have to be extraordinary tough, and most women who have babies out of wedlock tend to have plenty of drama in their lives. I’m old skool: if you get her pregnant, you should marry her.
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