Mental Health Emotional Disorders, UK Children Source Off Nat Stats UK 1999
In Britain, a Child Whose Biological Mother Cohabits was 33 Times More Likely to Suffer Serious Abuse than a Child with Married Parents 5 Biological Parents Married Mother Married to Stepfather Biological Mother Alone Biological Parents Cohabiting Source: Robert Whelan, Broken Homes and Broken Children, Family Structure Biological Father Alone Biological Mother Cohabiting Comparative Risk Ratios for Serious Abuse,
In Britain, a Child Whose Biological Mother Cohabits was 73 Times More Likely to Suffer Fatal Abuse than a Child with Married Parents 5 Biological Parents Married Mother Married to Stepfather Biological Mother Alone Biological Parents Cohabiting Source: Robert Whelan, Broken Homes and Broken Children, Family Structure Biological Father Alone Biological Mother Cohabiting Comparative Risk Ratios for Serious Abuse,
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
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
Adolescent Cocaine Use By Family Structure Source Add Health Wave II 1996
Juvenile Incarceration by Family Structure Source: Wiscosin Dept HSS and CPS 1993
Good Law and Order
Diminished Law and Order
Education
Grade Point Average 2.5 Intact Married Parents Cohabiting Parents Step Parents Source: National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health Wave 1, 1995 Family Structure Always Single Parents Divorced Parents Grade Point Average (Out of Maximum of 4.0) 2.4
School Expulsion Source Add Health Wave II 1996
Educational Attainment Ideal
Sexuality and Marriage
Number of Non-Marital Sexual Partners Versus Percent in a Stable Marriage Source: NSFG 1995
Age of First Intercourse Versus Number of Sexual Partners Source: NSFG 1995
Non-Monogamy & Increased Divorce Source: Teachman, J of Mrr and Fam May 2003, Vol 65, pp
Father Rated Warm and Loving Source: National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health Wave 2, 1996
Teen Feels Dad Cares Versus Virginity Rates Source: NLS Ad Health; Robert Lerner, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation
Virginity By Family Structure Source: Add Health, 1996
US Family Structure for Adolescents Source: Survey of Consumer Finance 2000 First Marriage / Intact Two-Parent Family, 42% Second Marriage / Two- Parent Step Family, 22% Cohabiting Couple, 6% Single Parent, Divorced, or Separated, 21% Single Parent Never Married, 6% Single Parent, Widowed, 3%
Annual Rejection Ratio: For Every 100 Children Sources: CDC/ NCHS report series Divorce OWB
International Rejection Ratio Taiwan China Macedonia Croatia Japan New Zealand Serbia and Montenegro Switzerland Slovakia Portugal Netherlands Georgia Lithuania Slovenia Czech Republic Canada United States Finland France New Calcedonia Denmark Sweden El Salvador Uruguay Jamaica USAUSA