Blended Families Pose Challenges for States

Stateline: The Great Recession walloped almost every segment of American society. Millions lost their jobs, homes and businesses. Families lost trillions in household wealth. But a new study by a U.S. Census demographer finds that one group was hit hardest by the big downturn: “multiple-partner fertility” families, or families in which a woman has conceived children by more than one man.

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