% of out-of-wedlock births ca. 1880?
October 16, 2012 9:06 PM Subscribe
I'm looking for the percentage of out-of-wedlock births per capita in the United States in 1880 (or, failing that, 1890). So far I'm coming up empty-handed.
Specific stats for the District of Columbia will be even better, but I'm fairly certain that they're not available online.
Best answer: I hope this helps a little. I hope you are able to locate the information, even though it appears that it may be largely an estimate.
"Trends in the illegitimacy rate for the United States are available for a relatively short period of time, because all States were not included in the birth-registration area until 1933 and estimates for the States not reporting illegitimacy were not made until 1938."
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_21/sr21_015.pdf
posted by Leenie at 10:50 AM on October 17, 2012
"Trends in the illegitimacy rate for the United States are available for a relatively short period of time, because all States were not included in the birth-registration area until 1933 and estimates for the States not reporting illegitimacy were not made until 1938."
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_21/sr21_015.pdf
posted by Leenie at 10:50 AM on October 17, 2012
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