FAM2.B Births to unmarried women: Percentage of all births that are to unmarried women by age of mother, 1980–2020
FAM2B Excel Table
FAM2B Standard Error Excel Table
1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||
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All ages | 18.4 | 18.9 | 19.4 | 20.3 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 23.4 | 24.5 | 25.7 | 27.1 | 28.0 | 29.5 | 30.1 | 31.0 | 32.6 | 32.2 | 32.4 | 32.4 | 32.8 | 33.0 | 33.2 | 33.5 | 34.0 | 34.6 | 35.8 | 36.9 | 38.5 | 39.7 | 40.6 | 41.0 | 40.8 | 40.7 | 40.7 | 40.6 | 40.2 | 40.3 | 39.8 | 39.8 | 39.6 | 40.0 | 40.5 | |
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Under age 15 | 88.7 | 89.2 | 89.2 | 90.4 | 91.1 | 91.8 | 92.5 | 92.9 | 93.6 | 92.4 | 91.6 | 91.3 | 91.3 | 91.3 | 94.5 | 93.5 | 93.8 | 95.7 | 96.6 | 96.5 | 96.5 | 96.3 | 97.0 | 97.1 | 97.4 | 98.0 | 98.3 | 98.8 | 99.1 | 99.0 | 99.3 | 99.1 | 99.0 | 99.2 | 99.4 | 99.6 | 99.8 | 99.4 | 99.8 | 99.6 | 99.8 | |
Ages 15–17 | 61.5 | 63.3 | 65.0 | 67.5 | 69.2 | 70.9 | 73.3 | 75.8 | 77.1 | 77.7 | 77.7 | 78.7 | 79.2 | 79.9 | 84.1 | 83.7 | 84.4 | 86.7 | 87.5 | 87.7 | 87.7 | 87.8 | 88.5 | 89.7 | 90.3 | 90.9 | 91.9 | 92.8 | 93.7 | 94.2 | 95.0 | 95.3 | 95.4 | 95.4 | 95.7 | 95.7 | 96.2 | 96.5 | 97.0 | 97.4 | 98.1 | |
Ages 18–19 | 39.8 | 41.4 | 43.0 | 45.7 | 48.1 | 50.7 | 53.6 | 56.0 | 58.5 | 60.4 | 61.3 | 63.2 | 64.6 | 66.1 | 70.0 | 69.8 | 70.8 | 72.5 | 73.6 | 74.0 | 74.3 | 74.6 | 75.8 | 77.3 | 78.7 | 79.7 | 80.6 | 82.2 | 83.5 | 84.2 | 85.1 | 85.7 | 86.0 | 86.1 | 86.0 | 86.3 | 86.6 | 86.8 | 87.5 | 88.4 | 89.6 | |
Ages 20–24 | 19.3 | 20.4 | 21.4 | 22.9 | 24.5 | 26.3 | 28.7 | 30.8 | 32.9 | 35.1 | 36.9 | 39.4 | 40.7 | 42.2 | 44.9 | 44.7 | 45.6 | 46.6 | 47.7 | 48.5 | 49.5 | 50.4 | 51.6 | 53.2 | 54.7 | 56.2 | 57.9 | 59.6 | 60.9 | 62.1 | 63.1 | 64.0 | 64.8 | 65.4 | 65.7 | 65.9 | 65.8 | 65.8 | 66.0 | 66.6 | 67.7 | |
Ages 25–29 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.8 | 12.7 | 13.8 | 14.7 | 15.8 | 17.1 | 18.0 | 19.2 | 19.8 | 20.7 | 21.8 | 21.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.5 | 22.9 | 23.5 | 24.4 | 25.3 | 26.4 | 27.8 | 29.3 | 31.0 | 32.2 | 33.2 | 33.8 | 33.9 | 34.4 | 35.0 | 35.9 | 36.7 | 37.8 | 38.3 | 39.2 | 39.8 | 40.5 | 41.3 | |
Ages 30–34 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 10.4 | 11.1 | 11.8 | 12.6 | 13.3 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 14.7 | 15.1 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 14.1 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 14.6 | 15.1 | 16.1 | 17.0 | 18.3 | 19.3 | 20.2 | 20.7 | 21.1 | 21.6 | 21.9 | 22.3 | 22.5 | 23.1 | 23.1 | 23.6 | 23.9 | 24.7 | 25.6 | |
Ages 35–39 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 12.8 | 13.3 | 13.9 | 14.6 | 15.2 | 15.6 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 15.7 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 14.8 | 15.2 | 15.7 | 16.4 | 17.3 | 18.2 | 19.0 | 19.6 | 20.1 | 20.7 | 21.2 | 21.6 | 22.1 | 22.4 | 22.6 | 22.8 | 23.1 | 23.7 | |
Age 40 and over | 12.1 | 12.7 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 14.8 | 15.2 | 15.6 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 17.4 | 17.7 | 18.1 | 18.7 | 18.1 | 18.4 | 17.1 | 16.7 | 16.5 | 16.8 | 17.1 | 17.3 | 17.9 | 18.2 | 18.8 | 19.4 | 20.0 | 20.8 | 21.4 | 21.7 | 22.4 | 23.2 | 23.7 | 24.3 | 24.8 | 25.5 | 25.6 | 25.8 | 26.2 | 27.3 | |
NOTE: The percentage of births to unmarried women is the number of births occurring to unmarried mothers in a given age group, divided by the total number of births, multiplied by 100. Births to unmarried women were somewhat underreported in Michigan and Texas from 1989 to 1993; data since 1994 have been reported on a complete basis. Starting with 2017 data, California no longer provides record-level data on the marital status of the mother. California provided the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) with counts of births by marital status category by age and race and Hispanic origin of the mother. NCHS redistributed the counts from California to maternal age, race, and marital status subgroups. This approach is consistent with the way NCHS imputes other missing data. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System | . |