Table 8.  Births to Unmarried Women, Selected Countries: 1970 to 1992

    (Numbers in thousands)
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                      1970         1980          1990          1992
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                        % born        % born        % born        % born
                        to            to            to            to
    Country      Total  unwed  Total  unwed  Total  unwed  Total  unwed
                 births women  births women  births women  births women
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    U.S........   3,731    11   3,612    18   4,158    28   4,065    30

    Canada.....     372    10     360    13     398    24     399    29 /1
    Denmark....      71    11      57    33      63    46      68    46
    France.....     850     7     800    11     762    30     743    33
    Germany....     811     6     621     8     727    11     809    15
    Italy......     902     2     640     4     554     6     561     7
    Japan......   1,932     1   1,616     1   1,240     1   1,226     1
    Netherlands     239     2     181     4     198    11     197    12
    Sweden.....     110    18      97    40     124    47     123    50
    U.K........     904     8     754    12     799    28     781    31
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    1/  Data are for 1991.

    Source:  Statistical Abstract of the United States 1994, table 1358,
             and forthcoming 1995 Statistical Abstract.