claim: "in the african-american community today, 68 percent of kids born are born out of wedlock."
author: mitt romney
evidence_1: the family structure of african-americans has long been a matter of national  public policy interest. a 1965 report by daniel patrick moynihan, known as the  moynihan report, examined the link between black poverty and family structure.  it hypothesized that the destruction of the black nuclear family structure would  hinder ...
evidence_2: jul 29, 2013 ... so lemon is correct that "more than 72 percent of children in the african- american community are born out of wedlock." to make sure we weren't missing  something, we asked two population experts -- tom w. smith, a senior fellow at  the national opinion research center at the university of chicago, and ...
evidence_3: communities. in 2002, 68 percent of african american births and 44 percent of  latino births were out of wedlock, compared to 29 percent of white births.  similarly ... today's world. this report, the second edition of why marriage.  matters, is an attempt to summarize the research into a succinct form. why  marriage matters.
evidence_4: jun 21, 2013 ... but never as great of voluntary abandonment of children by their fathers than in  black america today. ... one obvious reason that you have a higher percentage of  children born out of wedlock in the black community is that the number of  unmarried women (mothers or not) has grown a lot, while number of ...
evidence_5: feb 24, 2017 ... by: daniel peterson. during the previous decades, the marriage rates in the  african american community have declined while the rates of, separation, divorce , out-of-wedlock births, cohabitation, and children residing in female-headed  families have increased. the above trends are contrary to the ...