EDUCATION
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RESEARCH PAPERS
The State of the Black Family in America
By Pat Fagan and Christina Hadford
February 11, 2015
Religious Practice and Educational Attainment
By Pat Fagan
July 2, 2015
Family Intactness and Public Policy Outcomes by State
By Pat Fagan and Henry Potrykus
February 12, 2013
U.S. Social Policy Dependence on the Family Derived from the Index of Belonging
By Henry Potrykus and Pat Fagan
February 12, 2013
Index of Family Belonging and Rejection: State by State
By Pat Fagan
January 17, 2012
164 Reasons to Marry
By Pat Fagan
January 31, 2012
95 Social Science Reasons for Religious Worship and Practice
By Pat Fagan
October 17, 2012
Marriage, Family Structure, and Children’s Educational Attainment
Patrick F. Fagan, Leonie Ten Have, Wendy Chen
September 19, 2011
The Second Annual Index of Family Belonging and Rejection (2011)
By Pat Fagan
November 16, 2011
MAPPING AMERICA CHARTS
EDUCATION
ACHIEVEMENT
- School Performance in English and Math By Family Structure and Religious Practice
- Parental Concern for Children’s Achievement By Family Structure and Religious Practice
- Students Who Received Mostly A’s in School By Family Structure and Religious Practice
- CAT-ASVAB Math/ Verbal Percentile Scores By Family Structure and Religious Practice
- Grade Point Average By Family Structure and Religious Practice
- Peabody Individual Achievement Test (Math) Percentile Score By Family Structure and Religious Practice
ATTAINMENT
- Received a High School Degree By Family Structure and Religious Practice
- Women Who Receive a Bachelor’s Degree By Family Structure and Religious Practice
- Received a Bachelor’s Degree By Family Structure and Religious Practice
- Completed Some College By Number of Extramarital Sexual Partners and Religious Practice
BEHAVIOR
- Adolescents Suspended or Expelled from School By Family Structure and Religious Practice
- Child Behavioral Problems By Family Structure and Religious Practice
- Children Who Repeated a Grade in School By Family Structure and Religious Practice
- Parents Contacted by School Over Child’s Behavior Problems By Family Structure and Religious Practice
- Children’s Positive Social Development By Family Structure and Religious Practice
- Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder By Family Structure and Religious Practice
- Children with a Learning Disability By Family Structure and Religious Practice
TRENDLINES
The State of the Family: Marital Status and Childbearing across Race, Ethnicity, and Education
By Pat Fagan
July 9, 2014
Family and Social Trendlines 2014: The Behaviors of the American Family in the Five Major Institutions of Society
Patrick F. Fagan
June 2014