from Hacker News

USA: 40% of births are to umarried women

by algobro on 11/1/23, 3:37 AM with 30 comments

• by nikolay on 11/1/23, 4:27 AM

  Families are the building blocks of the society. The outlook is grim if this trend continues.

• by cratermoon on 11/1/23, 3:47 AM

  Is this a milestone I should be thankful for, or a problem I need to worry about? Or is this other people's life choices that are none of my business?

  Edit: If you click through to the sources PDF, you'll find "The percentage of all births to unmarried women was 40.0% in 2021, down 1% from 2020 (40.5%)".

  The number is trending down. Good? Bad?