Table C-1. Percentage of Births that are to Unmarried Women Within Age Groups by Race
| White | Black | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under Age 15 | Age 15 - 17 | Age 18 - 19 | All Teens | All Women | Under Age 15 | Age 15 - 17 | Age 18 – 19 | All Teens | All Women | |
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Notes: Births to unmarried women in the United States for 1940 - 1979 are estimated from data for registration areas in which marital status of the mother was reported; see sources below. Beginning in 1980, births to unmarried women in the United States are based on data from states reporting marital status directly and data from nonreporting states for which marital status was inferred from other information on the birth certificate; see sources below. Data for 1996 are preliminary. Sources: U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics, "Births to Unmarried Mothers: United States, 1980 - 1992," Vital and Health Statistics, Series 21, No. 53, 1995 and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics, "Report of Final Natality Statistics, 1996," Monthly Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 46, No. 11, June 30, 1998. |
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| 1940 | 44.4 | NA | NA | 7.2 | 1.9 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1941 | 44.9 | NA | NA | 7 | 1.9 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1942 | 40.5 | NA | NA | 6.4 | 1.7 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1943 | 45.2 | NA | NA | 6.5 | 1.6 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1944 | 41.3 | NA | NA | 8.4 | 2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1945 | 50.7 | NA | NA | 10 | 2.4 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1946 | 52.4 | NA | NA | 8.4 | 2.1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1947 | 45.1 | NA | NA | 6.6 | 1.8 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1948 | 39.9 | 10.3 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 1.8 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1949 | 40.4 | 10 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 1.7 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1950 | 41.9 | 10.2 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 1.7 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1951 | 34.9 | 9.7 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 1.6 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1952 | 40.4 | 9.6 | 4.4 | 6 | 1.6 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1953 | 43.1 | 9.6 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 1.7 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1954 | 36.8 | 10.2 | 4.9 | 6.5 | 1.8 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1955 | 42.1 | 10.2 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 1.9 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1956 | 42.6 | 10.2 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 1.9 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1957 | 41.5 | 10.4 | 4.7 | 6.5 | 2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1958 | 45.3 | 10.8 | 4.9 | 6.8 | 2.1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1959 | 46.7 | 11.4 | 5.2 | 7.2 | 2.2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1960 | 47.5 | 11.7 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 2.3 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1961 | 49.9 | 12.4 | 6 | 7.9 | 2.5 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1962 | 48.3 | 13.4 | 6.1 | 8.2 | 2.8 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1963 | 50.3 | 15.1 | 7 | 9.4 | 3.1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1964 | 52.3 | 16 | 7.6 | 10.4 | 3.4 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1965 | 57.3 | 17.3 | 9.1 | 11.7 | 4 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1966 | 52.5 | 19.5 | 9.9 | 12.6 | 4.4 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1967 | 61.6 | 21 | 11.2 | 14.2 | 4.9 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1968 | 61 | 23.4 | 12.7 | 16.1 | 5.3 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1969 | 57 | 24 | 12.9 | 16.6 | 5.5 | 91.7 | 72.1 | 48.3 | 60 | 34.9 |
| 1970 | 57.9 | 25.2 | 13.5 | 17.5 | 5.7 | 93.5 | 76 | 52.1 | 64 | 37.6 |
| 1971 | 60.5 | 25.2 | 13.2 | 17.4 | 5.6 | 95 | 79.6 | 56 | 68.1 | 40.5 |
| 1972 | 59 | 26.4 | 13.7 | 18.5 | 6 | 96.4 | 81 | 59 | 70.7 | 43.9 |
| 1973 | 65.2 | 27.6 | 14.3 | 19.6 | 6.4 | 96.4 | 82.6 | 60.4 | 72.1 | 45.7 |
| 1974 | 65.3 | 29.4 | 15 | 20.8 | 6.5 | 97.4 | 84.8 | 63.8 | 74.7 | 47.1 |
| 1975 | 71 | 33 | 17.2 | 23.5 | 7.3 | 98.4 | 87.4 | 67.6 | 77.8 | 48.8 |
| 1976 | 69.3 | 35.7 | 18.8 | 25.4 | 7.7 | 99.1 | 89.7 | 70.9 | 80.5 | 50.3 |
| 1977 | 72.8 | 38.9 | 21 | 27.8 | 8.2 | 98.8 | 90.6 | 74.6 | 82.6 | 51.7 |
| 1978 | 73.1 | 40.1 | 22.5 | 29.1 | 8.7 | 97.2 | 90.9 | 76.5 | 83.5 | 53.2 |
| 1979 | 75 | 42.4 | 24.3 | 30.8 | 9.4 | 99.4 | 92.9 | 78.9 | 85.7 | 54.7 |
| 1980 | 75.4 | 45.4 | 27.1 | 33.6 | 11.2 | 98.6 | 93.1 | 79.9 | 86.2 | 56.1 |
| 1981 | 76.5 | 48 | 28.7 | 35.5 | 11.8 | 98.9 | 93.9 | 81.3 | 87.2 | 56.9 |
| 1982 | 77.7 | 50.1 | 30.3 | 37.2 | 12.3 | 98.4 | 94.2 | 82.4 | 87.9 | 57.7 |
| 1983 | 79.9 | 53.1 | 32.7 | 39.8 | 12.9 | 98.5 | 95.1 | 84.4 | 89.4 | 59.2 |
| 1984 | 80.8 | 55.4 | 35.1 | 42.2 | 13.6 | 98.6 | 95.3 | 85.4 | 90 | 60.3 |
| 1985 | 82.4 | 58 | 38.2 | 45.3 | 14.7 | 98.8 | 95.6 | 86.2 | 90.6 | 61.2 |
| 1986 | 83.6 | 61.3 | 41.7 | 48.8 | 15.9 | 99 | 95.7 | 86.9 | 91.1 | 62.4 |
| 1987 | 84.6 | 64.6 | 44.4 | 51.8 | 16.9 | 99.1 | 96.1 | 87.6 | 91.7 | 63.4 |
| 1988 | 86.5 | 66.2 | 47.3 | 54.1 | 18 | 98.9 | 96.4 | 88.5 | 92.3 | 64.7 |
| 1989 | 84.7 | 67.2 | 49.5 | 55.7 | 19.2 | 98.4 | 96.1 | 89 | 92.3 | 59.2 |
| 1990 | 83.6 | 67.9 | 50.8 | 56.8 | 20.4 | 98.5 | 95.6 | 89.4 | 92.2 | 59.8 |
| 1991 | 75.5 | 69.7 | 53.2 | 59 | 21.8 | 98.1 | 95.7 | 89.8 | 92.5 | 60.3 |
| 1992 | 76.2 | 70.6 | 54.9 | 60.6 | 22.6 | 97.6 | 95.6 | 90.4 | 92.8 | 68.1 |
| 1993 | 83.2 | 71.7 | 57.2 | 62.7 | 23.6 | 98.1 | 95.7 | 90.8 | 93.1 | 68.7 |
| 1994 | 90.4 | 77.5 | 61.9 | 68 | 25.4 | 99.1 | 97.8 | 93.4 | 95.5 | 70.4 |
| 1995 | 88.8 | 77.4 | 62.1 | 68 | 25.3 | 99.1 | 97.7 | 93.2 | 95.3 | 69.9 |
| 1996 | 90.1 | 78.8 | 63.3 | 69.2 | 25.7 | 99.1 | 97.9 | 93.6 | 95.6 | 69.8 |
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