1. Mental Health Emotional Disorders, UK Children Source Off Nat Stats UK 1999

2. 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, 1994. Family Structure Biological Father Alone Biological Mother Cohabiting 10 15 20 25 30 35 Comparative Risk Ratios for Serious Abuse, 1982-1988

3. 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, 1994. Family Structure Biological Father Alone Biological Mother Cohabiting 10 15 20 25 30 35 Comparative Risk Ratios for Serious Abuse, 1982-1988

4. U.S: Partner / Spouse Violence Against Mothers Over 20 With Children under 12 Source DOJ Nat Crime Victimization Survey 1999 4 6 15 33 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 MarriedWidowedMarried+Div+Sep Combined Never Married Rate Per 1,000

5. Source: C. Harper and S. McLanahan, “Father Absence and Youth Incarceration,” ASA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, August 1998. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Family Structure: Comparative Rates Of Youth Incarceration 1 2.07 2.71 3.7 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 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

6. Adolescent Cocaine Use By Family Structure Source Add Health Wave II 1996

7. Juvenile Incarceration by Family Structure Source: Wiscosin Dept HSS and CPS 1993

8. Good Law and Order

9. Diminished Law and Order

10. Education

11. 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 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.1 Grade Point Average (Out of Maximum of 4.0) 2.4

12. School Expulsion Source Add Health Wave II 1996

13. Educational Attainment Ideal

15. Sexuality and Marriage

16. Number of Non-Marital Sexual Partners Versus Percent in a Stable Marriage Source: NSFG 1995

17. Age of First Intercourse Versus Number of Sexual Partners Source: NSFG 1995

18. Non-Monogamy & Increased Divorce Source: Teachman, J of Mrr and Fam May 2003, Vol 65, pp. 444-455

19. Father Rated Warm and Loving Source: National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health Wave 2, 1996

20. Teen Feels Dad Cares Versus Virginity Rates Source: NLS Ad Health; Robert Lerner, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation

21. Virginity By Family Structure Source: Add Health, 1996

22. US Family Structure for Adolescents 14-18 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%

24. Annual Rejection Ratio: For Every 100 Children Sources: CDC/ NCHS report series 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0 1950195519601965197019751980198519901995199819992000 Divorce OWB

25. International Rejection Ratio 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 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