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"The trends are similar in both groups: a sharply rising proportion of single mothers, especially among women with relatively low levels of educational qualifications.

The practice of living independently of the children’s father can be traced to West Indian social and economic traditions. But actually it is the British-born generation, rather than the migrants themselves, who have increasingly adopted the tradition said to have come from the West Indies.

The combination of the low rates of partnership, high rates of single parenthood, and high rates of mixed marriage means that only a quarter of ‘Caribbean’ children live with two black parents".