Benussi G, McCarthy B J, Friedman J S, Elsea W, Morris L
Am J Public Health. 1982 Apr;72(4):397-9. doi: 10.2105/ajph.72.4.397.
In 1977, the parents of 1,043 births recorded for 15 to 19 year old women in Fulton County, Georgia, were classified as married. However, only 36 per cent of these births could be linked with marriage certificates. An analysis of the unlinked birth certificates showed that the overwhelming majority of teenage parents did not appear to be legally married. The absence of a specific statement regarding marital status on birth certificates results in inaccuracies in the reporting of births according to marital status of parents.
1977年，佐治亚州富尔顿县记录的15至19岁女性的1043例生育中，孩子的父母被归类为已婚。然而，这些生育中只有36%能与结婚证书关联起来。对未关联的出生证明进行分析后发现，绝大多数青少年父母似乎并未依法结婚。出生证明上缺少关于婚姻状况的具体说明，导致根据父母婚姻状况报告出生情况时出现不准确之处。
