B Listing
Births (mothers)
Marital or
cohabiting status of mother at time of birth
- Percent distribution by marital or cohabiting
status of women 15-44 years of age in 2002 when their first child
was born:
- Married when first child was born: 62.3%
- Cohabiting: 12.4%
- Unmarried and not cohabiting: 25.3%
Source: Series 23, No. 25, Table 16
- Percent distribution by marital or cohabiting
status at birth for births in the last 5 years to women 15-44 years
of age in 2002:
- Married when child was born: 64.4%
- Cohabiting when child was born: 14.3%
- Unmarried and not cohabiting: 21.3%
Source: Series 23, No. 25, Table 18
Number of children
ever born (parity)
Premarital/nonmarital status of births
- Percent of mothers (women 15-44 in 2002 who
had ever had a birth) who had a nonmarital birth: 42.2%
Source: Series 23, No. 25, Table 17
Births (fathers)
Age at first birth
fathered
- Mean age at the birth of their first
biological child of men 15-44 years of age in 2002 who ever fathered
a biological child:
25.1 years
Source: Series 23, No 26, Table 5
Marital or
cohabiting status of father at time of birth
Number of biological
children ever fathered
Birth
expectations
Breast-feeding
Initiation of
breast-feeding
- Percent of singleton babies born in 1997-2000
who were breast-fed at all: 66.8%
Source: Series 23, No. 25, Table 78
Duration of breast-feeding
- Percent of singleton babies born 1997-2000
who were breast-fed 3 months or more: 48.0%.
- Percent of singleton babies born 1997-2000
who were breast-fed 6 months or more: 34.9%.
- Percent of singleton babies born 1997-2000
who were breast-fed 1 year or more: 17.3%.
Source: Series 23, No. 25, Table 78
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