The findings from cross-cultural research on the rates of births to unmarried mothers in 10 industrialized nations indicate that there have been sharp increases in births to unmarried mothers in all the countries except

There have been sharp increase in birth to unmarried mothers in all the countries except in JAPAN. Recent research study on global children trend indicate that, the country where children are most likely to be reared by married parents is Japan, where giving birth to children out of wedlock is rare. The country also exhibit high marriage rate and cohabitation is rare.