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Marripedia
An online social science encyclopedia that synthesizes and translates the work of social scientists into concise, issue-specific entries that are intelligible to the lay reader.
Family Demographics
Trendline data drawn from original federal surveys on behaviors related to the American family.
How Society Works Blog
MARRI’s blog discusses current events in light of recent and robust social science research.
MARRI’s Library
A large repository of analytic and synthesis research on all matters related to marriage, religion, family, and sexuality.
Speeches & Powerpoints
Read Dr. Patrick Fagan’s latest speeches and powerpoints presented at conferences worldwide. Read More
Latest Blogs
September 14, 2019
Dollar Rich but Time (and Relationship) Poor Americans: A Way Out?
Forming and developing relationships takes time not money. In the U.S. we are great at...
September 1, 2019
Hillbilly Elegy: The Power of an Attachment beyond Mother’s or Father’s
I recently listened to J.D.Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy, and given Faith and Family Finding’s recent exploration...
August 25, 2019
What is Your Attachment Style, Dad?
Is your attachment style a help or hindrance to your son’s future capacity for intimacy...
August 18, 2019
Man’s Most Basic Need: The Need to Belong
All our Faith and Family Findings of the last few months drive home the most...
August 3, 2019
The Body Language of Belonging
Today’s findings are body-speak for man’s deepest need: the need to belong, and remind us...
July 27, 2019
Faux Belonging
To belong deeply some others is man’s deepest need. It lasts beyond death. First and...