{"id":114433,"date":"2017-05-17T09:10:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T17:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=114433"},"modified":"2017-05-17T09:10:10","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T17:10:10","slug":"npr-all-across-latin-america-unwed-mothers-are-now-the-norm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=114433","title":{"rendered":"NPR: All Across Latin America, Unwed Mothers Are Now The Norm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/parallels\/2015\/12\/14\/459098779\/all-across-latin-america-unwed-mothers-are-now-the-norm\">NPR<\/a>: Latin America is now the region that has the highest percentage of children born out of wedlock. In Colombia, 84 percent of all children are born to unmarried mothers. Argentina, Mexico, Chile and other countries throughout the region have similar numbers, with well over half of all children born outside wedlock.<\/p>\n<p>In less than a generation in Argentina, the traditional definition of a family has given way to new interpretations. And it&#8217;s happening at all economic levels \u2014 educated, middle-class women are now among the many choosing to have kids alone or in an informal union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NPR: Latin America is now the region that has the highest percentage of children born out of wedlock. In Colombia, 84 percent of all children are born to unmarried mothers. 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