Generation Unbound

Drifting into Sex and Parenthood without Marriage

Bibliographic Data

ID19922397
AuthorsIsabel V Sawhill (corresponding author)
Year2014
Pages212
Publication date2014-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueGeneration Unbound (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5771/9780815725596
OpenAlexW4407380843
Open LibraryOL32258770M
ISBN9780815725596
GOOGLE_BOOK_IDDz8PBAAAQBAJ
LanguageEN
Citations received21

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

Computer Science · Education, Sociology, Communication Studies · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics · Birth control · Families · Family planning · Marriage · Sexual behavior · Social conditions · united states · Unmarried fathers · Unmarried mothers · Youth · Youth, sexual behavior

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