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America's Future - Fertility, Sperm Donation, Marriage, Single mothers, GDP, Population Growth

Submitted by: trent on Aug 4, 2011 - (Last updated: Nov 28, 2011)

 

Embracing social change as a way to empower others is one of Trent's motivations as a donor.

As a technology professional in Silicon Valley, Trent enjoys innovation, and desires to help families who plan for a healthy future.
 

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Unwed Motherhood Increases Sharply in U.S., Report Shows
- Washington Post 
  • "The mothers are part of a far-reaching social trend unfolding across the United States: The number of children being born out of wedlock has risen sharply in recent years, driven primarily by women in their 20s and 30s opting to have children without getting married. Nearly four out of every 10 births are now to unmarried women."
     
  • "The trend has unfolded despite decades of political and social hand-wringing over the issue."
     
Births at 11-Year Low May Prolong Five-Year U.S. Housing Slump
- Bloomburg Businessweek 24-Nov-2011
  • "“The potential impact of a more-sluggish birthrate is huge,” said Mark Vitner, a senior economist at Wells Fargo Securities LLC"
Census: Share of children in US hits record low - FoxNews.com - July 12, 2011
  • "Children now make up less of America's population than ever before, even with a boost from immigrant families."
     
  • "it will become a shrinking work force that will have to support the nation's expanding elderly population — even as the government strains to cut spending for health care, pensions and much else"
     
  • "23 states and the District of Columbia had declines in their numbers of children in the century's first decade, with Michigan, Rhode Island, Vermont and D.C. seeing some of the biggest drops"
Number of married households in Virginia shrinking - Hampton Roads.com
  • "In 2010, for the first time, married households were not a majority, representing 48.4 percent of all homes, down from 51.7 percent in 2000."
STEM Jobs Help America Win the Future - Whitehouse.gov
  • "It’s an investment that will pay off for American families."
     
  • "Highlighting the importance of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and jobs, the U.S. Commerce Department today released a new report profiling U.S. employment in the critical fields that drive our nation’s innovation and competitiveness. STEM workers are helping America win the future by generating new ideas, new companies and new industries."
     
  • "President Obama has made STEM education a key priority of his administration, with an ambitious agenda to move American students to the top of the pack internationally in science and math achievement over the next decade."
     
Unwed Motherhood Increases Sharply in U.S., Report Shows
- Washington Post  
  • "experts cite a confluence of factors, including a lessening of the social stigma associated with unmarried motherhood, an increase in couples delaying or forgoing marriage, and growing numbers of financially independent women and older and single women deciding to have children on their own after delaying childbearing."
     
Blacks struggle with 72 percent unwed mothers rate - MSNBC
 
  • "Seventy-two percent of black babies are born to unmarried mothers today, according to government statistics"

 

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