In fact, research shows that single mothers living in impoverished neighborhoods are likely to marry men who won’t help them get out of poverty.

These men are likely to have children from other partnerships, lack a high school diploma, and have been incarcerated or have substance abuse problems, Williams noted.

“Single mothers who marry and later divorce are worse off economically than single mothers who never marry,” she said.

Promoting marriage among single mothers may not help their children, either. Recent research by Williams and several colleagues found no physical or psychological advantages for the majority of teenagers born to a single mother who later married.

Rather than promoting marriage, the government should focus on preventing unintended births, Williams said. She found in one study that having a child outside of marriage is associated with negative mental health outcomes among African-American women only when the birth was unexpected.

一位研究主管称，政府制定了政策，想要通过促成未婚妈妈结婚来帮助她们脱贫。但是，这不能从根本上解决问题，结婚可能不会帮助未婚妈妈脱贫。

美国俄亥俄州立大学社会学副教授、克丽丝蒂•威廉姆斯（ Kristi Williams）博士说，和其他的结婚人群不同，贫困的未婚妈妈不会从结婚中受益。

威廉姆斯说：“如果政府在婚姻推广政策上下功夫的真正目的是降低贫困率、为未婚单亲家庭谋福祉，那么政府是时候去改变策略，换一种方法来解决问题了。”

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