The More Sexual Partners the More Likely to Abort Source NSFG NUMBER OF NON MARITAL SEXUAL PARTNERS IN LIFETIME Percent who have abortions later
Non-Marital Sexual Partners and Out-of-Wedlock Births Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, National Survey of Family Growth, % 16.29% 32.89% 40.02% 44.02% 42.66% 49.45% 49.99% 47.55% 55.21% 49.89% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Virgin at Time of First Marriage Had Pre- Marital Sex with First Husband Number of Lifetime Voluntary Non-Marital Sexual Partners Percent of Sexually Active Women Aged with Children
Non-Marital Sexual Partners And Single Motherhood Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, National Survey of Family Growth, % 30.21% 36.48% 38.81% 44.16% 53.07% 48.13% 47.03% 50.30% 56.98% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Number of Lifetime Non-Marital Sexual Partners Percent of Sexually Active women Aged with Children
Relative Rates of Physical Abuse by Family Structure Source NIS-4, Always Intact Married Family Step Married Family Intact Cohabiting Family Step Cohabiting Family Single Parent Family Not living with either parent
Relative Rates of Sexual Abuse by Family Structure Source NIS-4, Always Intact Married Family Step Married Family Intact Cohabiting Family Step Cohabiting Family Single Parent Family Not living with either parent
U.S: Partner / Spouse Violence Against Mothers Over 20 With Children under 12 Source DOJ Nat Crime Victimization Survey MarriedWidowedMarried+Div+Sep Combined Never Married Rate Per 1,000
Female Homosexuality
Age of First Intercourse Versus Number of Sexual Partners Source: NSFG 1995
$100 $27 $ Comparative Income % Average Unmarried MalePremiumAverage Married Male Marriage Premium in Male Income Source Antovics, K. & Town, R. Am Econ Review V 94, (2004) pp =
3.93 Million Children 3.17 Million Children 0.75 Million Children Unmarried Parents Same Parents If Married Source R Rector (Heritage Fdn) : Analysis of CPS 2001 Children in Poverty In Poverty Out of Poverty
Average GPA Enligsh/Math Combined INTACTSTEPCOHABIT (BOTH NATURAL) COHABIT (ONE NATURAL) DIVORCEDNEVER MARRIED GPA English/Math by Family Structure Source: Adolescent Health Survey, Wave I. Adolescents grade 7-12.
Average GPA Enligsh/Math Combined WEEKLY+MONTHLY+<MONTHLYNEVER GPA (English & Math) by Religious Practice Source: Adolescent Health Survey, Wave I. Adolescents grade 7-12.
Expulsion & Suspension Source: Adolescent Health Survey, Wave I. Adolescents grade 7-12.
<MONTHLY/NEVER WEEKLY/MONTHLY+ INTACT/COHABIT(NATURAL) ANY REJECTION 13.1% 8.5% 8.1% 5.2% 0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% 10.0% 12.0% 14.0% Percent Who Had Ever Run Away Running Away By Family Structure and Religious Practice Source: Adolescent Health Survey, Wave I. Adolescents grade 7-12.
Self Control: Hard Drug Use Source: Adolescent Health Survey, Wave I. Adolescents grade 7-12.
The Young Intact Married Family That Worships God Weekly
GRAND STRATEGY GROW YOUNG INTACT MARRIED FAMILIES THAT WORSHIP GOD WEEKLY
EVERYTHING ELSE FALLS IN PLACE
Belonging: Male + Female Family Child / Adult FatherMother Society At Large
THE 5 BASIC INSTITUTIONS Providing The Instruments Forming The Person GOV. MARKETPLACE FAMILY CHURCH SCHOOL Order Goods and Services The Person Orientation In Life Learning
Source: C. Harper and S. McLanahan, “Father Absence and Youth Incarceration,” ASA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, August Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Family Structure: Comparative Rates Of Youth Incarceration Raised in Intact Married Parent Family Raised in Mother-Only FamilyRaised in a Mother and Stepfather Family Raised in a Stepmother Family Comparative Rates of Incarceration
For many: Marriage is not in their future Charts from “Knot Now”, by Hymowitz, Carroll, Wilcox and Kaye, 2013