Montly Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 18, No. 12, Supplement, March 27, 1970, National Natality Survey Statistics: Interval Between First Marriage and Legitimate First Birth, United States, 1964-66

摘要

According to data from the 1964-66 National Natality Survey, there was an average of 1,008,000 legitimate first births each year to women aged 15-44. An estimated annual average of 218,000, or 22 percent, were births to women who had been married for less than 8 months. Approximately 79,000, or 8 percent, were births to women whose first marriage was 5 years or more before the birth of the first child. Approximately one-third of the legitimate first births were to women aged 15-19. An estimated 70 percent of these young women had been married for less than 12 months; 42 percent had. been married for less than 8 months when their first child was born. About 26 percent had been married for 12-23 months and only 4 percent for 24 months or more. Almost one-half of the first births were to women aged 20-24. Among these women, approximately 35 percent had been married for less than 12 months; 14 percent had been married for less than 8 months when the first child was born. Approximately 35 percent had been married for 12-23 months and 30 percent had been married for 24 months or more.