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Testimony of Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, Ph. D, Co-Director, National Marriage Project Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Children and Families, U.S. Senate

In this testimony before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families, Dr. Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, the Co-Director of the National Marriage Project at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, discusses the benefits of marriage. She begins by exploring the reasons for marriage and then describes the economic, educational, and emotional benefits of marriage […]

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Changing Patterns of Nonmarital Childbearing in the United States

This report examines data on nonmarital births from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS). The principal measures reviewed are the number of births to unmarried women, the birth rate for unmarried women, and the percentage of all births to unmarried women. The most recent data available are from the 2007 preliminary birth file (5). Data […]

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Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for July 2008

Data shown here are provisional and include only events occurring within the United States (50 states and the District of Columbia). Provisional birth, death, and infant death data in this report are based on a combination of counts of events provided by each reporting area and registered vital events processed into National Center for Health […]

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The Role of State Faith Community Liaisons in Charitable Choice Implementation: Practice Models from the States

Faith community liaisons–official contacts at the state or local level between government and faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs)–have been established in at least 36 states and in many localities as of 2008. Their work typically entails facilitating partnerships with and within the FBCO community, encouraging the organizational capacity of FBCOs, and educating both faith-based organizations […]

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Welfare Reform : Building on Success

Mr. Howard Hendrick, Director, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, addresses Congress to share some of Oklahoma’s welfare reform successes, with a particular emphasis on family strengthening efforts consistent with the express purposes of TANF to promote marriage. Mr. Hendrick also proposes family strengthening strategies.

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Marital Status and Health : United States, 1999-2002

Objective–This report presents prevalence estimates by marital status for selected health status and limitations, health conditions, and health risk behaviors among U.S. adults, using data from the 1999?2002 National Health Interview Surveys (NHIS). Methods–Data for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population were collected using computer-assisted personal interviews (CAPI). The household response rate for the NHIS was […]

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