| Al Jazeera's Inside Story: The American Single Mother's Burden Al Jazeera | |
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Inside Story Americas - The American single mother's burden (AlJazeeraEnglish)
Unmarried mothers are now the new normal among young women in the United States.
According to a Census Bureau report out this month, six out of every 10 women who give birth in their early 20's are unmarried.
The report also found that - across all ages - single motherhood has increased 80 percent since 1980.
While the intervening years have also seen an increase in the social acceptance of single parenthood, there are still big divides when it comes to race and education.
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