Table 2. Distribution of post-birth union histories and cohabitation status at birth by race/ethnicity and poverty status among women with a nonmarital first birth at age 35 or younger (imputed data).

	White	Black	Hispanic	Total
Union history after nonmarital first birth
Never married never cohabited	5.05%ac	26.61%ab	10.14%bc	19.67%
Never married; cohabited with biological father	10.09%c	10.08%b	14.98%bc	10.95%
Never married; cohabited with new partner	4.13%	5.24%	2.42%	4.53%
Married biological father and it endured	24.40%a	19.27%ab	25.02%b	21.25%
Married & divorced biological father	23.76%ac	10.03%a	15.56%c	13.57%
Married new partner and it endured	14.59%	17.42%	18.55%	17.09%
Married & divorced new partner	17.98%a	11.34%a	13.33%	12.93%
Cohabitation status at birth
Cohabiting with biological father at birth	31.19%a	16.13%ab	24.15%b	20.36%
Cohabiting with new partner at birth	8.26%a	4.57%ab	7.25%b	5.73%
Not cohabiting at birth	60.55%a	79.30%ab	68.60%b	73.91%
n	426	799	158	953

Notes:

^aDifference in union history or cohabitation status between black and white single mothers is significant atp < .05;

^bDifference between black and Hispanic single mothers is significant at p < .05;

^cDifference between Hispanic and white single mothers is significant at p < .05.