Table 2.

Distribution of mother’s post-birth union histories by race among adolescents born to a never-married mother for Analysis 2 (presented in Table 4)^a

Mother’s union history after R’s birth	White	Black	Total
Never married and never cohabited	4.5%	24.2%	19.7%
Married biological father and marriage endured	39.2%	24.0%	27.4%
Married and divorced biological father	14.0%	6.6%	8.3%
Married new partner and it endured	15.7%	18.4%	17.8%
Married and divorced new partner	11.7%	8.2%	9.0%
Cohabited with biological father at birth or later but never married	8.5%	12.4%	11.5%
Cohabited with new partner at birth or later; never married any partner or cohabited with biologic al father	6.4%	6.1%	6.2%
Mother’s cohabitation status at R’s birth
Cohabiting with biological father at birth	34.9%	17.7%	21.6%
Cohabiting with new partner at birth	9.9%	5.1%	6.2%
Cohabitation status at birth unknown	16.3%	17.1%	17%
Not cohabiting at birth	39.0%	60.1%	55.3%
N	172	589	761

Notes:

^aLimited to first-born children of never-married mothers