Americans view single motherhood as detrimental to society, according to a new survey.

What's interesting is that the poll found that Americans are accepting or at least tolerant of other type of nontraditional families, such as same-sex couples with kids, unmarried parents and childless women, reports The Washington Post.

The poll asked 2,700 people on their opinions on seven types of families: unmarried parents raising children; gay couples raising children; single mothers; partners living together outside of marriage; working mothers; interracial marriage; and women who never bear children. According to the Post:

Roughly a third said the trends have no impact on society or are positive. People who were positive about the changing family were overwhelmingly women, Hispanics and East Coast residents who rarely if ever attend religious services.

Another third considered most of the changes harmful to society. The only trends they accepted were interracial marriage and fewer women having children. People who were unhappy with the trajectory tended to be older, white Republicans who are married and religiously observant. They also were more likely to be from the Midwest or South.

The third group tended to accept all the changes except for single motherhood. Virtually all said the growing prevalence of mothers who have no male partners around to help them raise children is bad for society. This group tended to be young, Democratic or independent, and more heavily minority.

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