Pregnancy and Childbirth Statistics: Oct. 2005 Report

The latest U.S. Census Bureau study reports the following:
• 29% of new mothers are unmarried and 15% are not U.S. citizens.
• About 12% of married mothers and about 50% of unmarried mothers live in poverty.
• 7.7% of women and girls giving birth are teens.
• 37% of single mothers are teens. (Atlanta Journal Constitution on kaisernetwork.org)