This statistic shows the results of a survey on the increase of selected family life trends in the United States as of 2010. In 2010, 69 percent of the respondents stated they believe that single women having children is a bad thing, whereas 24 peercent of the respondents thought it makes no difference.
Family life - How do you view the increase of the following trends?
Characteristic
A good thing
A bad thing
No difference
Single women having children
4%
69%
24%
People living together without being married
9%
43%
46%
Unmarried couples raising children
10%
43%
43%
Gay/lesbian couples raising children
12%
43%
41%
Mothers of young children working outside the home
21%
37%
38%
Women not ever having children
11%
29%
55%
People of different races marrying each other
25%
14%
60%
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of respondents4%4%9%9%10%10%12%12%21%21%11%11%25%25%69%69%43%43%43%43%43%43%37%37%29%29%14%14%24%24%46%46%43%43%41%41%38%38%55%55%60%60%A good thingA bad thingNo differenceSingle women having childrenPeople living together without being marriedUnmarried couples raising childrenGay/lesbian couples raising childrenMothers of young children working outside the homeWomen not ever having childrenPeople of different races marrying each other
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Pew Research Center. (November 18, 2010). Family life - How do you view the increase of the following trends? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 17, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/247119/survey-on-selected-family-trends-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. "Family life - How do you view the increase of the following trends?." Chart. November 18, 2010. Statista. Accessed February 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/247119/survey-on-selected-family-trends-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. (2010). Family life - How do you view the increase of the following trends?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/247119/survey-on-selected-family-trends-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. "Family Life - How Do You View The Increase of The following Trends?." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Nov 2010, https://www.statista.com/statistics/247119/survey-on-selected-family-trends-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center, Family life - How do you view the increase of the following trends? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/247119/survey-on-selected-family-trends-in-the-us/ (last visited February 17, 2025)
Family life - How do you view the increase of the following trends? [Graph], Pew Research Center, November 18, 2010. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/247119/survey-on-selected-family-trends-in-the-us/
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