Births Outside of Marriage Decline for Immigrant Women

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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

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

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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