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]]>