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One factor the author does not endorse as contributing to the rise of single motherhood is:

1. The growing economic independence of women.
2. A decline in men's earning power relative to women's.
3. Unchanging attitudes toward individual freedom during the 1960s.
4. A shift in social norms and values during the 1960s that reduced the stigma associated with divorce and nonmarital childbearing.