MARRI's Resources
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
August 10, 2018
“The Rich Black Kid”
Picture a 4-year-old black boy walking down the street holding his father’s. He is asking...
July 13, 2018
God, Fertility, and Hope for the Future.
Last week, The Upshot (New York Times) reported that women are having less children than...
June 29, 2018
Black Income Mobility: Racism or Family Culture?*
As a young psychologist in the early 1970s I learned that resolving the conflicts between...
June 22, 2018
Sex, Suicide, and STDs: The Good News and The Bad
Recent national and international data hit home hard on matters connecting life, love, and death....
June 14, 2018
Every Society Begins with Sex
If you want to collapse a society burrow down to the sexual and begin the...
June 8, 2018
Fathers Raising Sons to be Good Fathers
Fathers give the gift of existence when their sperm penetrates the mother’s egg. While the...