Eden is from a relatively low SES family that does not highly value education.She recently dropped out of high school and is now pregnant.Her mother is upset that Eden expects she will be raising her baby as a single mother.Is this a very common occurrence for single women who have low educational attainment?

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Studies have shown that single motherhood is more common among women with lower levels of education, with 54% of babies born to the least-educated mothers being born to single mothers. This is likely due to factors such as lack of access to birth control, higher rates of poverty and employment instability, and lower rates of marriage and stable partnerships among those with less education.

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