TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sawhill,Isabel V.
TI  - Generation unbound: drifting into sex and parenthood without marriage 
SN  - 9780815725589
AV  - HQ999.U6 S35 2014
U1  - 306.874/32 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Brookings Institution Press
KW  - Unmarried mothers
KW  - United States
KW  - Unmarried fathers
KW  - Youth
KW  - Sexual behavior
KW  - Family planning
KW  - Marriage
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. An introduction -- 2. The end of marriage? -- 3. Why should we worry? -- 4. A growing class divide -- 5. Traditionalists and village builders -- 6. Childbearing by design, not by default -- 7. The future : less marriage, fewer children?
N2  - "Over half of all births to young adults in the United States now occur outside of marriage, and many are unplanned. The result is increased poverty and inequality for children. The left argues for more social support for unmarried parents; the right argues for a return to traditional marriage. In Generation Unbound, Isabel V. Sawhill offers a third approach: change "drifters" into "planners." In a well-written and accessible survey of the impact of family structure on child well-being, Sawhill contrasts "planners," who are delaying parenthood until after they marry, with "drifters," who are having unplanned children early and outside of marriage. These two distinct patterns are contributing to an emerging class divide and threatening social mobility in the United States. Sawhill draws on insights from the new field of behavioral economics, showing that it is possible, by changing the default, to move from a culture that accepts a high number of unplanned pregnancies to a culture in which adults only have children when they are ready to be a parent."--Publisher information
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