Susan and Marie, in the Opening Vignette of Chapter 15

Susan and Marie, in the opening vignette of Chapter 15, are both single mothers. What do we know about nonmarital childbearing?

A) Today almost 20 percent of all births occur outside of marriage, a slight decline from just a decade ago.
B) The largest increases in nonmarital childbearing are occurring among older women who have not completed high school.
C) In other developed industrialized countries, having a child out of wedlock does not pose the great financial problem that it does in the U.S.
D) Of 22 selected industrialized countries, the rates of poverty among children in single-parent households are lowest in the U.S.
E) Compared to the U.S., other countries seem to have a laissez-faire approach.