Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
| (Percent of all live births. For U.S. figures, beginning 1980, marital status is inferred from a comparison of the child's and parents' surnames on the birth certificate for those states that do not report on marital status. No estimates are included for misstatements on birth records or failures to register births.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Births to unmarried women as a percent of all live births | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | 1980 | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States | 18.4 | 28.0 | 32.2 | 33.2 | 33.5 | 34.0 | 34.6 | 35.8 | 36.8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Canada | 12.8 | 24.4 | 27.6 | 28.3 | 27.9 | 28.9 | 26.0 | 25.6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 33.2 | 46.4 | 46.5 | 44.6 | 44.6 | 44.6 | 44.9 | 45.4 | 45.7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| France | 11.4 | 30.1 | 37.6 | 43.6 | 44.7 | 45.2 | 46.2 | 47.4 | 48.4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Germanya | — | 15.1 | 16.1 | 23.4 | 25.0 | 26.1 | 27.0 | 27.9 | 29.2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | 5.9 | 14.6 | 22.3 | 31.5 | 31.3 | 31.2 | 31.2 | 31.9 | 32.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 4.3 | 6.5 | 8.1 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 10.9 | 13.0 | 13.8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 4.1 | 11.4 | 15.5 | 24.9 | 27.2 | 29.1 | 30.7 | 32.5 | 34.9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spain | 3.9 | 9.6 | 11.1 | 17.7 | 19.7 | 21.8 | 23.4 | 25.1 | 26.6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 39.7 | 47.0 | 53.0 | 55.3 | 55.5 | 56.0 | 56.0 | 55.4 | 55.4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 11.5 | 27.9 | 33.5 | 39.5 | 40.1 | 40.6 | 41.5 | 42.3 | 42.9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| — Not available. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| a Data are for 1991 instead of 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Use of “any illicit drug” includes any use of marijuana, LSD, other hallucinogens, crack, other cocaine, or heroin, or any use of other narcotics, amphetamines, barbiturates, or tranquilizers not under a doctor’s orders. For 8th and 10th graders, the use of other narcotics and barbiturates has been excluded because these younger respondents appear to overreport use (perhaps because they include the use of nonprescription drugs in their answers). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, updated and revised from "Families and Work Transition in 12 Countries 1980-2001," Monthly Labor Review, September 2003; and unpublished data. http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
