WELFARE AND MARRIAGE:DAVID POPENOE, PH.D., FEDERAL DOCUMENT CLEARING HOUSE, INC.

From: Congressional Testimony | Date: May 22, 2001 | Copyright information

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May 22, 2001 Statement of David Popenoe, Ph.D., Co-Director, National Marriage Project, and Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey Before the Subcommittee on Human Resources As the recent results of the Year 2000 Census confirm, marriage as the basis of family life continues to decline in America. Since 1970 the rate of marriage has dropped by about one third, the out-of-wedlock birth ratio has climbed from 11% to 33% of all births, the divorce rate has doubled, and the number of people living together outside of marriage has grown by over 1000%. ...

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