1. Illegitimacy Among "Married" Women in England and Wales.
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Hartley, Shirley Foster
- Subjects
BIRTHS to unmarried women ,ILLEGITIMACY ,CHILDREN of unmarried parents ,MARRIED people ,SINGLE heterosexual women ,FATHERS ,DATA analysis - Abstract
The assumption that illegitimate births are attributable to unmarried females is challenged by data recently released by the Registrar General of England and Wales. Births which are registered as illegitimate during the same month that many of the mother indicated married status to the census taker make up a significant proportion of all illegitimate live births, Of those who said they were legally married yet registered the child as illegitimate, about 63 percent said that they were cohabiting with the natural father. Estimates of changes in both illegitimate and legitimate age-specific fertility rates because of these married but separated females have been made. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 1969
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