For Women Under 30, Most Births Occur Outside Marriage

     The percentage for women under 30 having kids and no marriage has been rising slowly over the past 50 years. This issue only used to happen to the poor but now has become a new trend. However, most White women in their 20s, who have minor college education, have come to make up most of that population. Since 2/3 of the U.S. babies are born to a mother under 30 who is not married, they have come to believe this will make a big impact towards many generations to come. People who graduate college still believe in marriage before having a baby. They also think that this issue is going to change the way families grow and having believing marriage is only for people with a good education background.      With the changes of
 More children being born outside of marriage studies show that they are most likely deal with poverty, doing badly in school, and having emotional and behavior problems. They believe that more children are being born outside of marriage because of things such as the birth control pill, having fewer jobs for men making them "unmarriageable", the sex revolution, which gave women more rights having them become more independent and condoms. The percentage of single mothers has been rising as well and women fell they do not need a man around to provide for them. Such things like welfare have women believe that as well.
       With different races having different percentages of birth with marriage. Other things came along as well such as education, having said that well educated women get married before having a baby. They also came to find that couples who live together that aren't married come to have babies as well, but there relationships never seem to turn out good before the child turns 10. Nevertheless, not being married can stop you from spending time with your child as Ms.Mercado stated.
     Well right now, I am still unsure about getting married. But I do want children. My mom always says to me "don't have children if you’re not married". My mom and my dad are married and I do believe it made a big impact on my behavior, my life, and my education status as well. But I feel I can be very successful and independent without a husband around, then I again I feel having a happy family is better for the well-being of my child and me. So I’m going to just experience and research more as I get older and see how thing turn out then.