For foreign-born women, rapid decline in childbearing outside of marriage

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October 25, 2016

Births Outside of Marriage Decline for Immigrant Women

For foreign-born women, rapid decline in childbearing outside of marriage

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Births Outside of Marriage Decline for Immigrant Women
As births outside of marriage decline among the foreign born, the gap between immigrant and U.S.-born moms widens
For foreign-born women, big drop in fertility outside of marriage
Since 1970, increase in annual number of U.S. births is driven entirely by immigrant women
Fertility of foreign-born women remains far higher than that of U.S.-born women
Most foreign-born moms are longtime U.S. residents
Births to immigrant moms tripled since 1970
Birth rates among foreign-born women have been consistently higher than those of U.S.-born women
The growing nativity gap in births outside of marriage
Births outside of marriage most common among moms from Latin America
Latin American women are responsible for bulk of births to foreign born
Among U.S. women, those from sub-Saharan Africa have highest birth rates
Compared with U.S.-born new moms, foreign-born moms less likely to be teens, more likely to be ages 35 or older
New foreign-born moms from North America, Europe twice as likely as new U.S.-born moms to be ages 35 or older
New foreign-born moms less likely than U.S.-born to have a high school diploma, but equally likely to have a bachelor’s degree
Educational attainment among new foreign-born moms differs widely by region of birth
Among the less educated, birth rate almost twice as high for foreign born as for U.S. born
Half of new foreign-born moms are out of the labor force
Among new foreign-born U.S. moms from Latin America, poverty is over four times as high as among those from North America
Most foreign-born moms are longtime U.S. residents
New moms from Latin America among least likely to be recent immigrants
Majority of new foreign-born mothers speak English well
Births to moms from top 10 locations account for most births to foreign-born new moms
After more than doubling, share of births to Mexican-born moms on the decline
Virtually all births to Indian moms occur within marriage
Almost half of new mothers from Vietnam are ages 35 or older
Well over half of new moms from India and China have a bachelor’s degree
Among new U.S. moms from Honduras, poverty is 12 times as high as that of new U.S. moms from India
About 4-in-10 new moms from Guatemala are English-proficient
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