Generation unbound : drifting into sex and parenthood without marriage / Isabel V. Sawhill.
2014
306.87432 S271g 2014
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Title
Generation unbound : drifting into sex and parenthood without marriage / Isabel V. Sawhill.
Author
ISBN
9780815725589 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0815725582 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780815726357 (pbk. : alk. paper)
081572635X (pbk. : alk. paper)
0815725582 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780815726357 (pbk. : alk. paper)
081572635X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2014]
Language
English
Description
xiv, 209 pages : illusrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
306.87432 S271g 2014
System Control No.
(OCoLC)879119526
(OCoLC)879119526
(OCoLC)879119526
Summary
"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's description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Preface
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?
Appendix
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?
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