Waldman H B, Perlman S P
Dental Health Services, Department of General Dentistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8706, USA.
ASDC J Dent Child. 2001 Jan-Feb;68(1):55-60, 12.
The National Center for Health Statistics reported that out-of-wedlock child-bearing has leveled off or slowed down in 1999. But in almost every single year between 1940 and 1999 the number of births to unmarried women increased. In 1999, more than 1.3 million children were born to unmarried women. A review is provided of these developments through the end of the 1990s, together with 1) the economics of single parenthood,2) the reality that increasing numbers of these new mothers ar in the general workforce and 3) the added impact of youngsters with mental retardation and other disabilities on single parent families.
美国国家卫生统计中心报告称，非婚生育在1999年趋于平稳或有所放缓。但在1940年至1999年期间，几乎每年未婚女性生育的数量都在增加。1999年，未婚女性生育的孩子超过130万。本文回顾了这些发展情况，直至20世纪90年代末，同时还涉及以下内容：1）单亲家庭的经济状况；2）越来越多的新妈妈加入普通劳动力大军这一现实；3）智障及其他残疾青少年对单亲家庭的额外影响。
