Unwed Mothers Have Difficulty Finding ‘Good’ Husbands, Study Finds
Women who have children outside of marriage are less likely than other single women to marry, and when they do marry, their husbands tend to be less well-matched, according to a new study.
Zhenchao Qian
The results show that the odds that unwed mothers marry rather than cohabit are about 30 percent lower than those of childless single women.
When they do marry, mothers are more likely to have husbands who are significantly older and less educated than those of childless women.
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Grohol, J. (2005). Unwed Mothers Have Difficulty Finding ‘Good’ Husbands, Study Finds. Psych Central. Retrieved on February 14, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2005/10/05/unwed-mothers-have-difficulty-finding-good-husbands-study-finds/
Grohol, J. (2005). Unwed Mothers Have Difficulty Finding ‘Good’ Husbands, Study Finds. Psych Central. Retrieved on February 14, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2005/10/05/unwed-mothers-have-difficulty-finding-good-husbands-study-finds/
