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Testimony before the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee Dr. Patrick Fagan

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. Rebuilding Kansas’s Social Infrastructure . THE 5 BASIC INSTITUTIONS .

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Testimony before the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee Dr. Patrick Fagan

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  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 GOV. Order Goods and Services MARKETPLACE SCHOOL Learning Forming The Person CHURCH Orientation In Life FAMILY The Person

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

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

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

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

  8. The Seasons for Growing

  9. 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

  10. Society’s Foundational Relationship

  11. GPA: Family + Religion

  12. The Non-Thriving Marriage / Child Relationship

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

  14. The More Sexual Partners the More Likely to Abort Source NSFG 1995 60 52 50 43 39 40 34 31 Percent who have abortions later 30 25 19 18 20 12 8 10 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21+ NUMBER OF NON MARITAL SEXUAL PARTNERS IN LIFETIME

  15. Non-Marital Sexual Partners and Out-of-Wedlock Births Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, National Survey of Family Growth, 1995 60% 55.21% 49.99% 49.89% 49.45% 47.55% 50% 44.02% 42.66% 40.02% 40% 32.89% Percent of Sexually Active Women Aged 15-44 with Children 30% 20% 16.29% 10% 1.71% 0% Virgin at Had Pre- 1 2 3 4 5 6-10. 11-15. 16-20 21+ Time of Marital Sex First with First Marriage Husband Number of Lifetime Voluntary Non-Marital Sexual Partners

  16. Non-Marital Sexual Partners And Single Motherhood Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, National Survey of Family Growth, 1995 60% 56.98% 53.07% 50.30% 48.13% 50% 47.03% 44.16% 38.81% 40% 36.48% 30.21% Percent of Sexually Active women Aged 15-44 with Children 30% 20% 10% 7.09% 0% 0 1 2 3 4 5 6-10. 11-15. 16-20 21+ Number of Lifetime Non-Marital Sexual Partners

  17. GOVERNMENT MARKETPLACE SCHOOL CHURCH FAMILY

  18. Belonging: Male + Female Society At Large Family Child / Adult Father Mother

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

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

  21. Children in Poverty Unmarried Parents Same Parents Married 3.17 Million Children 3.93 Million Children Out ofPoverty InPoverty 0.75 Million Children Source R Rector: Analysis of CPS 2001

  22. GPA Score Combined English/ Math Source Ad Health Survey Waves 1+2 1995 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.85 2.8 2.7 2.75 2.7 Combined English-Math Score 2.6 2.65 2.6 2.55 2.5 2.45 Weekly Weekly<Monthly Monthly<Yearly Never Frequency of Religious Attendance

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

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

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

  26. Worship Of Worship Children Marriage

  27. THE 5 BASIC INSTITUTIONS Providing The Instruments GOV. Order Goods and Services MARKETPLACE SCHOOL Learning Forming The Person CHURCH Orientation In Life FAMILY The Person

  28. The Young Intact Married Family That Worships God Weekly

  29. EVERYTHING ELSE FALLS IN PLACE

  30. The Two Models of Society The Christian Model The Planned Parenthood Model

  31. Retreat from Marriage: Black Men (25-54)by Education LevelCensus and DOL labor statistics

  32. Retreat from Marriage:Black Men (25-54)Unemployment DifferentialsMarriage (pink) andnon-Marriage (blue)

  33. The Two Models of Society The Christian Model The Planned Parenthood Model

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