Rising Illegitimacy Rates - A Query
One often hears that the illegitimacy rate is rising, and I don't doubt it's true. I wonder how much the statistic is concealing, though. Specifically, I'm curious as to how many children are born out of wedlock only to have their parents marry shortly thereafter. A kid whose parents marry a month after she's born is just as illegitimate as one whose parents never marry, though obviously they represent substantially different sociological challenges.
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