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God + Intact Family = Less Likely to Abort First Pregnancy

Michael Leaser — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:41:34 +0000

In the latest Mapping America, the National Survey of Family Growth shows that women who worship at least weekly and grew up in intact married families are the least likely to abort their first baby.

God + Intact Family = Fewer Cohabitations

Michael Leaser — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:32:07 +0000

In the latest Mapping America, the National Survey of Family Growth shows that women who grew up in married intact families and who now worship weekly are the least likely to have had two or more cohabitations in their lifetime.

Homosexual Activity More Likely in Non-Intact Families Who Worship Infrequently

Michael Leaser — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:08:33 +0000

In the latest Mapping America, the National Survey of Family Growth shows that women who did not grow up with their biological mother and father and who worship less than weekly are much more likely to engage in homosexual conduct as adults than are women who grew up in an intact family and who worship at least weekly.

Two Parents in Adolescence = Frequent Adult Religious Attendance

Michael Leaser — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:52:01 +0000

In the latest Mapping America, the General Social Surveys show that adults who grew up in an intact family during adolescence are more likely to attend religious services at least monthly than are those who did not.

God + Two Parents = Fewer Worries about Children’s Achievement

Michael Leaser — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:15:37 +0000

In the latest Mapping America, the National Survey of Children’s Health shows that children who live with both biological parents or with two adoptive parents and worship at least monthly have parents who score lowest on the parental concerns scale.

Two Parents = Fewer Worries about Children’s Achievement

Michael Leaser — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:12:17 +0000

In the latest Mapping America, the National Survey of Children’s Health shows that children who live with both biological parents or with two adoptive parents are less likely to have parents who have concerns about their children’s achievement.

God + Two Parents = Socially Developed Children

Michael Leaser — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:52:09 +0000

In the latest Mapping America, the National Survey of Children’s Health shows that children from intact families who worship at least monthly are more socially developed than children who live in non-intact households and worship less than monthly.

Two Parents = Fewer Run-ins with Police

Michael Leaser — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:03:17 +0000

In the latest Mapping America, the General Social Surveys show that adults who lived with both biological parents as adolescents are less likely ever to be picked up or charged by police.

God + Two Parents = Fewer Calls Home from School about Children’s Behavior Problems

Michael Leaser — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:00:29 +0000

In the latest Mapping America, the National Survey of Children’s Health shows that children from intact families who worship at least monthly are less likely to have their school report behavior problems to their parents than are children who live in non-intact households and worship less than monthly.

Two Parents = Fewer Calls Home from School about Children’s Behavior Problems

Michael Leaser — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:19:27 +0000

In the latest Mapping America, the National Survey of Children’s Health shows that children who live with both biological parents or two adoptive parents are less likely to have their school report behavior problems to their parents than are children who live in households that do not include both parents.