1. Testimony before the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee Dr. Patrick Fagan Director, MARRI (Marriage and Religion Research Institute) Kansas: Strategic Directions in Social Policy March 6, 2013

2. Rebuilding Kansas’s Social Infrastructure

3. 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

4. Fundamental Needs Of Society Goodness & Meaning To Mate & Produce the Next Generation To Know Safety & Justice Material Goods

5. Fundamental Tasks Of the Family Church Family School Gov Market Church Family School Gov Market Church Family School Gov Market

6. Fundamental Tasks Of The Couple Church Family School GovMarket Church Family School Gov Market Church Family School GovMarket Church Family School Gov Market Couple Family

7. Belonging: Male + Female Family Child / Adult FatherMother Society At Large

8. The Seasons for Growing

12. REJECTION RATIO FOR THE U.S.- 2010 The Moynihan Report (1965): The Negro Family: The Case for National Action (// Asian Family now) vs. 89.8 % Intact Family (1941) Pearl Harbor

14. Society’s Foundational Relationship

15. GPA: Family + Religion

17. The Non-Thriving Marriage / Child Relationship

18. Number of Non-Marital Sexual Partners Versus Percent in an Intact Marriage Source NSFG 1995

19. The More Sexual Partners the More Likely to Abort Source NSFG 1995 8 12 18 19 25 31 34 39 43 52 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 0123456-1011-1516-2021+ NUMBER OF NON MARITAL SEXUAL PARTNERS IN LIFETIME Percent who have abortions later

20. Non-Marital Sexual Partners and Out-of-Wedlock Births Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, National Survey of Family Growth, 1995 1.71% 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 123456-10.11-15.16-2021+ Number of Lifetime Voluntary Non-Marital Sexual Partners Percent of Sexually Active Women Aged 15-44 with Children

21. Non-Marital Sexual Partners And Single Motherhood Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, National Survey of Family Growth, 1995 7.09% 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% 0123456-10.11-15.16-2021+ Number of Lifetime Non-Marital Sexual Partners Percent of Sexually Active women Aged 15-44 with Children

22. GOVERNMENT MARKETPLACE SCHOOL CHURCH FAMILY

23. Belonging: Male + Female Family Child / Adult FatherMother Society At Large

25. Yearly Income, 2000, Families With Children Note: Figures do not include transferred income. $9,400 $9,100 $20,000 $23,000 $30,000 $50,000 $54,000 $- $10,000 $20,000 $30,000 $40,000 $50,000 $60,000 Never Married WidowedSeparatedDivorcedCohabitation Second+ Marriage First Marriage

26. Median Net Worth of Families with Children under 18, 2000 Source: Survey of Consumer Finance 2001 $350 $14,850 $16,540 $20,540 $27,800 $105,360 $120,250 $- $20,000 $40,000 $60,000 $80,000 $100,000 $120,000 $140,000 Never MarriedSeparatedCohabitationWidowed Divorced Second+ Marriage First Marriage

27. 3.93 Million Children 3.17 Million Children 0.75 Million Children Unmarried ParentsSame Parents Married Source R Rector: Analysis of CPS 2001 Children in Poverty In Poverty Out of Poverty

28. 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.45 2.5 2.55 2.6 2.65 2.7 2.75 2.8 2.85 2.9 Combined English-Math Score WeeklyWeekly<MonthlyMonthly<YearlyNever Frequency of Religious Attendance GPA Score Combined English/ Math Source Ad Health Survey Waves 1+2 1995

29. 3.87 3.59 3.33 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 On-Track Academic Performance High Church Attendance Average Church Attendance Low Church Attendance Children in High Poverty Areas: Academic On-Track Performance Source Mark Regnerus J Sc Study of Relig 2003

30. GPA <MONTHLY/NEVER WEEKLY/MONTHLY+ INTACT/COHABIT(NATURAL) ANY REJECTION 2.48 2.72 2.75 2.94 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3

32. http://marri.us/publications/mapping-america

33. Worship Marriage Children Worship Of

34. 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

35. The Young Intact Married Family That Worships God Weekly

36. EVERYTHING ELSE FALLS IN PLACE

37. The Two Models of Society The Christian ModelThe Planned Parenthood Model

38. Retreat from Marriage: Black Men (25-54) by Education Level Census and DOL labor statistics

39. Retreat from Marriage: Black Men (25-54) Unemployment Differentials Marriage (pink) and non-Marriage (blue)

42. The Two Models of Society The Christian ModelThe Planned Parenthood Model