“A generation ago, the percentage of college-educated women having children outside of marriage was negligible. It’s no longer a rare event.”

Cherlin

—Andrew Cherlin,
Benjamin H. Griswold III Professor of Public Policy, Department of Sociology,
on his study showing that nonmarital childbearing has increased significantly
among women of all educational levels over the past 25 years.

The Wall Street Journal, September 6, 2021