For rates, see Divorce Statistics for African Americans) ... out-of-wedlock childbearing, the African American ... nearly the same for whites, and the rate is rising rapidly." Jencks, "American ...
State with the lowest divorce rate: (1997) Massachusetts. Rate per 1,000 ... Percentage of African American adults in this age group never married in 1998: 53%
... of committed couples have decided to live Or who meet other conditions is only 1 or 2 percent there has been much anecdotal evidence that has led to unsubstantiated claims that the divorce rate for ...
Our goal is to help reduce the African-American divorce rate, increase the marriage rate, and ensure that more children are nurtured in two-parent homes.