The following statistics are from The National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Familes, and can be found at www.nationalcoalition.org
- 65 to 85 percent of men and 80% of women said they were monogamous in marriage. What We Know About Sex, Jennifer Mendelsohn. USA Weekend, The Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 November, 2003.
- 957,200 divorces and 2,355,005 marriages took place in 2000, making the divorce rate 40%. The Divorce Rate, The National Center for Health Statistics. www.divorcereform.org, 2000.
- Among married men, 63% grew up in two-parent homes versus 37% in non-traditional families. Men from traditional homes are more the ‘marrying kind,’ Marilyn Elias. USA Today, 23 June, 2004.
- 94 percent of married men say they are happier being married than being single. Men from traditional homes are more the ‘marrying kind,’ Marilyn Elias. USA Today, 23 June, 2004.
- Married couples with children make up just 24% of households in 2000, down from 40% in 1970, and expected to sink to 20% by 2010. Teens’ Marriage Views Reflect Changing Norms, Linda Lyons. The Gallup Organization, 18 November, 2003.
- Married people are healthier than other adults. National Center for Health Statistics. www.cdc.gov/nchs. December 2004.
- The decline in the proportion of family groups with children that were married-couple families leveled off during the mid-1990s, at about 68% from 1996 to 2003 due to declining divorce rates and reduced non-marital fertility, especially among teens.
America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2003. U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau.
November 2004.
- 81 percent of all households in 1970 were family households, but the proportion dropped to 68% by 2003. America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2003. U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau. November 2004.
- In 1970, the median age at first marriage was 20.8 years for women and 23.2 years for men. By 2003, these ages had risen to 25.3 years and 27.1 years, respectively. America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2003. U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau. November 2004.
- Up to 20% of couples now report having sex no more than 10 times a year, qualifying them for what experts call “sexless marriages” I Love Them, I Love Him Not, Judith Warner. The New York Times, 14 February, 2005.
- Children are a growing “impediment” to a happy marriage.
The State of Our Unions, Rutgers University. The National Marriage Project, June 2004.
- Fewer children are growing up with happily married parents today than one generation ago. From 1973 to 1976, 51% of children under the age of 18 were living in a household in which the parents’ marriage was rated as “very happy.” From 1997 to 2002, only 37% were so fortunate. The State of Our Unions, Rutgers University. The National Marriage Project, June 2004.
- A survey conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates for the Shell Oil Company and printed in the USA Snapshots section of the USA Today newspaper indicated that 60% of adults said the decline of moral values was America's most serious problem. The causes of moral decline were ranked as follows:
families not teaching children good values (88%);
rise in drug abuse (83%);
society too tolerant of bad behavior (80%);
adult language/sexually explicit TV (73%);
pornography on the Internet (62%);
reduced influence of religion (62%).
Parents Are The Antidote for Moral Decline, Linda S. Mintle. Christianity.com, 1999.
- Four out of every ten adults say their top priority in life is having a satisfying family life. Forty-seven percent of the adults who have been divorced indicated that a fulfilling family life was currently their highest priority. The second-most common life priority, listed by 18 percent of adults, was that of understanding and carrying out the principles of their faith (22% women and 14% men).
What is A Purpose-Driven Life to Americans?
The Barna Group, 17 May 2005.
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