The CDC has its stats out for 2012 on birth rates, etc. It is a maddening labyrinth not only of data but of terminology, especially, of course, when it comes to The Most Important Subject In The World: PCness on race.
But the bottom line is this: 40% of babies born in the US --which country's overall birth rate continues to decline-- were born to unmarried mothers.
By group: 18% of Asian births were out of wedlock, 29% of White births, 53% of Hispanic births, 66% of AmerIndian births and 72% of Black births.
Even granting that some of these births were to women currently co-habiting with the father, this question still has merit:
As an indicator of group success, what do you think? Any connection?
Or asking a leading question, what is the likelihood that a group with high rates of out-of-wedlock births is on the road to flourishing?
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