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At the time of their child’s birth, more than half of unmarried teen mothers say they are either “certain” or chances are “good” they will marry the biological father of their child. However, 8 out of 10 fathers don’t ever marry the teen mother of their child.
Despite high expectations for marriage, fewer than 8% of teen mothers marry their baby’s father within one year of the birth of their child.
Teenagers who have a non-marital birth are also significantly less likely to be married by the age of 35 than those who do not have babies as teens.
Marriage among teens is rare — in 2002 only 2.5% of teens had ever been married, compared to 11% in 1975.
As recently as 1980, the majority of teen births (52%) were marital births. By 2002, only 20% of teen births occurred within marriage.
Teen marriages are twice as likely to fail as marriages in which the woman is at least 25 years old.
It is also the case that most single mothers of all ages who have a child as a result of an unplanned pregnancy remain single and most cohabiting mothers either continue cohabiting or break up with their partner.
“Marriage and birth patterns among teens have changed over time, shifting from a general trend of marrying before pregnancy, to marrying as a result of pregnancy, to becoming pregnant and not marrying,” said Sarah Brown, CEO of The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. “Even though many unmarried teen mothers have high expectations for eventually marrying the father of their child, few ever do.”
SOURCE National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy / PRNewswire-USNewswire
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I think that she is showing her maturity by not jumping the gun and marrying someone just because they have a child together. I feel she is getting a bad rap from the press.
Their commitment to getting married was expressed during the election campaign, so maybe it was no more than the “right” thing to say at the time.
I think the ‘engagement’ was on the orders of her mother’s campaign machine. Now that she has sunk back into obscurity, it is conveniently dropped.
/cynical
I don’t think it is good for anyone to make a bad situation (unplanned pregnancy) worse by encouraging the young people involved to marry when they are not ready or possibly not a goo match.
Kernow, I agree with you. Sarah Palin’s daughter didn’t choose to be in the spotlight. She should be left alone to sort out her problems.
I would not be surprised if this was just said because her Mom was campaigning to keep the pressure off of her and her daughter about being an unwed mother.
I think her mother contrived the engagement, I certainly don’t think it was done for the benefit of the daughter, it had to look good during the campaign.
I heard somewhere that now the fiance wants Bristol back. Their every move is monitored, making it even harder for them to choose sensibly.