Research Papers

The State of the Black Family in America By Pat Fagan and Christina Hadford February 11, 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 164 Reasons to Marry By Pat Fagan January 31, 2012 Family Intactness: Influence on Major State Social Policy Outcomes By Anna Dorminey, Pat Fagan and Henry Potrykus July 23, 2012 95 Social Science Reasons for Religious Worship and Practice By Pat Fagan October 17, 2012

Mapping America Charts

Substance Abuse

• Adolescent Hard Drug Use By Family Structure and Religious Practice
• Adolescents Who Got Drunk By Family Structure and Religious Practice
• Smoking Among Adults By Family Structure and Religious Practice
• Drinks Too Much Alcohol By Family Structure and Religious Practice
• Smoking Among Minors By Family Structure and Religious Practice
• Smoked, Drank, or Used Marijuana as a Minor By Family Structure and Religious Practice
• Heavy Drinking Among Adults By Number of Extramarital Sexual Partners and Religious Practice
• Adult Marijuana Use By Number of Extramarital Sexual Partners and Religious Practice

Risky Behavior

• Adolescents Who Have Ever Been in a Fight By Family Structure and Religious Practice
• Adolescence Who Have Run Away By Family Structure and Religious Practice
• Adolescents Who View X-Rated Films By Family Structure and Religious Practice
• Smoking Among Adults By Family Structure and Religious Practice
• Belief that People Try to Take Advantage of Others By Family Structure and Religious Practice
• Cumulative Number of Women’s Lifetime Sexual Partners By Family Structure and Religious Practice
• Women Who Aborted First Pregnancy By Family Structure and Religious Practice
• First Sexual Intercourse Before Age 18 (Females) By Family Structure and Religious Practice
• Has Ever Paid or Been Paid for Sex By Family Structure and Religious Practice
• Teen Pregnancy and Family Response By Family Structure and Religious Practice

Healthy Behavior

• Volunteered in Charitable Activities By Family Structure and Religious Practice
• Happiness By Family Structure and Religious Practice
• Work Fulfillment By Family Structure and Religious Practice
• The Personal Importance of Having Children By Family Structure and Religious Practice
• The Importance of Marriage By Family Structure and Religious Practice

Miscellaneous Health

• Child Behavioral Problems By Family Structure and Religious Practice
• Parental Stress By Family Structure and Religious Practice
• Quality of Parent-Child Relationship 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
• Adolescence Who Have Run Away By Family Structure and Religious Practice
• Frequency of STDs By Family Structure and Religious Practice
• Forced to Have Sexual Intercourse By Family Structure and First Intercourse
• 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]]>