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CDC Study: 60% of White Women Who Have Kids With Black Men Are Unmarried
['Tiffany Brockworth']
Media Take Out
Here’s the data from the CDC website:White mother + Black father: 60%White mother + Asian father: 16%Black mother + Black father: 59%Black mother + White father: 38%Black mother + Asian father: 34%Asian mother + Asian father: 7%Asian mother + White father: 9%Asian mother + Black father: 37%White mother + White father: 19%White Couples vs Interracial PairsWhen both parents are White, the non-marital birth rate is 19%.
So depending on who’s the father, White mothers’ likelihood of having kids outside of marriage nearly triples.
Black Families Show Similar PatternsFor Black mothers with Black fathers, the rate is 59% — very close to the Black father/White mother pairing.
Asian mothers with Asian fathers have the lowest non-marital birth rate of all — just 7%.
Black couples are the least likely, with nearly 6 in 10 births outside of marriage.