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A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
Marriage is back – at least, a little bit, and with some caveats.
New data released this week from the U.S. Census Bureau reaffirm the strong linkage between educational attainment and the marital status and living arrangements of parents of minor children
The Vatican plans to ask a range of questions on topics related to the family, including divorce, artificial contraception and same-sex marriage.
More than four-in-ten single mothers have never been married, up from just 4% in 1960.
Few U.S. Catholics regard the use of contraceptives as morally wrong, even though the use of contraception is forbidden by church doctrine.
Although the use of contraception is forbidden by church doctrine, just 15% of Catholics see it as morally wrong.
When asked last May, nearly six-in-ten (57%) Republicans said they would be less likely to support a candidate who had an extramarital affair. Americans overall have a more unforgiving view of a candidate’s past infidelity than they did in 2007.
Nearly six-in-ten Republicans say they would be less likely to support a candidate who had had an extra-marital affair
Compared with most other western nations, the U.S. has one of the highest marriage rates as well as one of the highest divorce rates.
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