Single moms prevalent in the Dominican Republic
The director of the National Office of Statistics (ONE), Alexandra Izquierdo says that according to civil registry records in 2016 there were 204,037 births. The bad news is that 88.6% were to women that were not legally married. This does not mean the child did not have a father in the household, just that the mothers reported their status as single in the civil state.
Of the births, women ages 25 to 29 years had the most children, with 36,571, of which 31,164 were of single moms and 5,371 of married moms.
Next there were 29.7% to mothers 20 to 24 years old, or 41,533, of which 39,047 were single moms and 2,483 were married.
The statistics show there were 22,326 births to females 15 to 19 years, of which 22,068 were to single moms and 2,483 to married moms. And there were 604 births to girls of 15 or less.
“These figures should motivate us to reflect because of the great proliferation of pregnancies in adolescents when they should instead be making the most of their youth, especially to finish their studies and seek a better future,” explained Izquierdo.
Single moms prevalent in the Dominican Republic
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