Here's my overall opinion:
1. The best men and women (looks, status, money) and also those that are marriage minded and intentional, are married by age 25. Definitely no later than 30. Black women are largely encouraged from about age 12 to grow up fast and build a life, get degrees and jobs. And aren't taught how to treat a man, but what to expect from a man.
2. Today's modern women typically have kids by 25, at least 1, and most times 2. By 35-40 that may be 3 kids, with a divorce thrown in. I've seen multiple women in my HS graduating class get divorced. we are all only 39, 40, with a couple 38 year olds sprinkled in.
3. Step dads are NOT appreciated in the Black community anymore. of course I have no stats....but it seems that appreciation stopped somewhere between 2000-2005.
4. College educated, trade school educated, or otherwise solid hard working black men are not appreciated anymore. The average black 2 income house hold is less than 100k. this shyt needs to stop.
5. Being a multi time, multi partner Baby Mama/Baby Daddy isn't shamed anymore, it's celebrated.
6. Black Churches don't do shyt. They celebrate single mom culture and encourage single, moderately to highly successful men to come into the church and marry those women. Religion is these women's final form when whatever lifestyle decisions they made didn't work out.
7. The people I know who are married that I'm close to are as follows:
married @ 23, with 1 kid.
married @ 31, both parties had a previous kid. they just finally had a kid together after over a decade of trying.
married @ 28, the woman had a kid. they now have added a son.
married @ 31, with no kids (today, they just had their 4th kid).
Finally, my sister has been married almost 4 years (got married @ 33. My BIL has been by her side since 2009, took in my nephew, and they had a kid the following year. I constantly tell that man thank you for taking care of my sister and my nephew, because he did not have to do that shyt. He also had a daughter coming into the relationship.
Personally, I'm 39, single, childless. I've dealt with single moms as well as women with no kids. but no true lasting situations, and obviously I don't have any kids, nor have I had any pregnancy or disease scares.