The ability to have a baby in her 20s with a guy who might not stay and can’t provide well, because she gets Head Start, WIC, SNAP, subsidized daycare and all the benefits whether he stays or not. In fact, it is a dis-incentive to get married, because then she loses all her benefits.
Excellent point. I have met 20-sometings that said and did that very thing. “We can’t afford to be married.”