Sorry BM’s but I got bad news for you.
Reports Straight From The A:
A study has revealed that women who have children outside of marriage are less likely than other single women to marry, and when they do marry… their husbands tend to be less well-matched.
Zhenchao Qian, co-author of the study and associate professor of sociology at Ohio State University, states that unwed mothers ie baby mamas have a hard time locking down a mate and IF they do finally get married… most tend not to marry quality partners.
The results show that the odds that unwed mothers marry rather than cohabit are about 30 percent lower than those of childless single women.
When they do marry, mothers are more likely to have husbands who are significantly older and less educated than those of childless women.
But wait… there’s more!
The results of the study suggest that efforts by the federal government to promote marriage amongst young, poor Americans should probably focus more on preventing out-of-wedlock childbearing.
Everybody is somebody’s baby mama these days. The “baby mama” title is like a badge of honor amongst those who snag themselves a “baller” and quickly drop one (or 2 or 3) for their new meal ticket.
Having a “meal ticket” trumps having a lifetime companion to many women, who in the long run, end up bitter and alone.
“Unwed mothers have significant disadvantages when trying to attract suitable mates,” Mellott said.
“As a result, single mothers are less likely than childless women to be well matched demographically with their husbands or partners.”
Qian conducted the study with Leanna Mellott, a graduate student in sociology at Ohio State, and Daniel Lichter, a professor at Cornell University .
Their results appear in the current issue of the journal Social Forces.
For example, the study showed that single mothers were less likely than childless women to marry a man with at least some college education.
That suggests unwed mothers are unlikely to improve their economic prospects through marriage, she said, because potential husbands are less likely to have opportunities for good-paying jobs.
In addition, a white woman who had children outside of marriage was more likely to marry a man who was significantly older – at least six years older – than she. That wasn’t the case for Black and Hispanic women, but only because they were less likely than whites to be married at all, Qian said.
OUCH!
“Our analysis suggests that Blacks and Hispanics may be less likely to marry or cohabit because they face shortages of potential spouses,” he said.
“If they had been married or living with someone, they would likely have husbands or partners much older than themselves.”
Overall, the results of the sociological study show that “women who bear children out of wedlock do not fare well in the marriage market,” Lichter said.
And now…
This is EbenGregory.com…telling you you’ll come to learn a great deal if you study the insignificant in depth.
A very interesting read – Baby mama will have success with men in finding a companion based upon her looks, social and economic ladder one perchs their self upon and the number of children she has out of wedlock. I believe baby mama tends to look for baby daddy due to the prevailing thought, we have children in common or children drama in common. white woman of the same marking will do better always because they tend to look less at the look of the man and more so to his economic potential and current standing. Black people must understand our choices will shape our future. I’m from chicago and know the reason for alot of death and violence is rooted in baby mama and baby daddy – blacks not being married and children not seeing love in the home. Out of wedlock is killing our children. The badges we proudly carry around, ie…baby mama – daddy, playa, gangsta are under attack by a society that doesn’t want you anymore and trying not to pay for your indiscretions anymore.
Well that is a LiEEEEEEE!!!! I landed a VP of a well known bank, we both are single parents with only “1″ each. My dad say’s if a man really loves the woman, the kids aren’t an issue it’s when the women (ratchet) have multiply ” BABY DADDY’S” or ” KEEP A MAN BABY’S ( TRICKING MEN)” then you will find yourself by yourself any real woman knows ” A man will respect a woman-she has to give him something to respect”. To say only older uneducated brother’s will only take single mothers is plan crazy, where you pick them up is the issue, you attract what your around, you want abum, jail bird, player, corporate, athlete whatever If that man wants YOU it’s on you, if you like cornrolls stay in the trap…WOMEN control who comes in/out!
So true on everything you said. Every Mother is not under the same circumstances or situations. There are truly great single mothers out there who choose to be single and work hard, respectful and have values, and they got GOOD men wanting, willing and ABLE to take that on wholeheartedly with no regrets, and it does last, it is rare these days for ANY relationship to last, children or no children, but this is not a taboo, there are good strong MATURE men out there who see this as a beautiful thing and want it, because they also see the women with no children and probly cant have any or doesnt want any, or dont see them as a future mother as a disadvantage. AS for the ratchet, ghetto, hoodrat, promiscuous single mothers, I see why they end up with terrible men, they get what they put out, garbage.
*Reads Title “Things that are obivious for 600, Alex”
RIGHT!!!! But if you dare tell a woman with kids this she would argue you down!
DAILY DOUBLE! lol