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Going to the Chapel: How Religious Attendance Impacts Marriage in Urban America
January 16, 2008
| Frequent religious service attendance increased the likelihood of marriage among unwed mothers, according to a recent study. Urban unwed mothers who attended religious services several times a month or more were two-thirds more likely to marry within a year of having a child out of wedlock than unwed mothers who attended religious services less frequently. Read this finding The Heritage Foundation's familyfacts.org catalogs social science findings on the family, society and religion gleaned from peer-reviewed journals, books and government surveys. Serving policymakers, journalists, scholars and the general public, familyfacts.org makes social science research easily accessible to the non-specialist. |
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Findings on the link between marriage and affluence:
 Urban unwed parents who held strong beliefs about marriage were more likely to marry within a year of having a child out of wedlock...(more) Urban unwed mothers who reported high levels of support from their partners were more likely to marry within a year of having a child out of wedlock...(more) Family Research Experts:
Pat Fagan William H. G. FitzGerald Research Fellow in Family and Cultural Issues Christine Kim Policy Analyst, Domestic Policy Studies Jennifer Marshall Director, Domestic Policy Studies For Interviews call Media Relations at (202) 675-1761 |
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