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Andrew Bernardin on April 7th, 2011

Oh, oh. As someone who is generally curious about everything, and who aspires to ask tough questions about anything, the following study did get my mind going. But dare I go there publicly?

In, Many US women have children by more than one man I learned,

The first national study of the prevalence of multiple partner fertility shows that 28 percent of all U.S. women with two or more children have children by more than one man.

Hmm. Quite a few. It should be noted, however, that the above is not about fidelity/infidelity, for having children by different men can be the result of a number of serial, yet monogamous, relationships.

The source of the data seems okay. Not stellar, but worth consideration.

Dorius analyzed data on nearly 4,000 U.S. women who were interviewed more than 20 times over a period of 27 years, as part of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. The data included detail on individual men in each household, capturing what demographers call "relationship churning." For nonresidential relationships, Dorius triangulated information from mother and child reports to establish common paternity. [bold mine]

I'm not sure about that "triangulated" element. I wonder how it was performed. While I would take the finding with a grain of salt, I certainly wouldn't dismiss it outright.

What I found most eye-raising was the absolutely mammoth difference in rates for differing races.

Rates of having children by different fathers:

White females = 22 percent

Black females = 59 percent

(I didn't just go there, did I?)

Before any liberal reader gets their undies in a bunch, let me loudly declare, OF COURSE social, economic and cultural factors play huge role in those numbers, as study author Cassandra Dorius states. OF COURSE!

But as a liberal who puts science ahead of politics when attempting to better understand any phenomenon, I wonder if there is any genetic component to the above finding. For we do know that genes play a role in human behavior. And studies into racial differences in health and longevity seem to suggest there may be an influence in that area.*

And then there is the rate for Hispanic females.

Hispanic females = 35 percent

Which is 13% more than whites, 24% less than blacks. Hmm. First thing that comes to mind: potentially huge socio-cultural differences. But that is quite a remarkable gap. Is it all socio-cultural?

So many factors, so many questions. But should we let political correctness step in they way of attempting to most objectively understand? I don't think so. And so I ask questions. I go there, wherever there is.

*such as Racial/ethnic variations in male testosterone levels: A probable contributor to group differences in health

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