About 1.4 million children were born to unmarried women in 2003, comprising 34.6 percent of total births (Hamilton, Martin, & Sutton, 2004). If the relinquishment rate measured by NSFG in 1995 for never-married women were applied to all unmarried women who gave birth in 2003, this would mean that fewer than 14,000 children were voluntarily relinquished in 2003.
Who Are the Women Who Place Their Children



This states 1/3 of women, there are tons of articles like this, one just needs to look, read, study, explore and believe the facts even if they are not how your life is or has turned out. These are the facts. Yes the article in Time was old, the problem has not gotten any better, it has probably gotten worst. Why do you have such spite and joy in trying to prove me wrong? What do you have to prove? I am just stating facts. If you are willing or thinking of giving your child up being on welfare or / and not being able to take care of said child is a good possiblitiy. Unmarried women are much more likely to be on welfare, not all but most.