Generation Unbound: Drifting into Sex and Parenthood without Marriage

Over half of all births to young adults in the US now occur outside of marriage, and many are unplanned. The result is increased poverty and inequality for children. The left argues for more social support for unmarried parents; the right argues for a return to traditional marriage. Generation Unbound offers a third approach: change drifters into planners.
Sawhill contrasts planners, who are delaying parenthood until after they marry, with drifters, who are having unplanned children early and outside of marriage. These two distinct patterns are contributing to an emerging class divide and threatening social mobility.