Marriage and Religion Research Institute

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Patrick F. Fagan and Christina Hadford

February 12, 2015

The Fifth Annual Index of Family Belonging and Rejection

Marriage and Religion Research Institute

● 801 G St, NW Washington, D.C. 20001 ● 202.393.2100 ● marri.us/index-2015 ●

At Birth

*Refer to the technical appendix for how the Index is derived. These statistics are different from those in the Index in that these give the percent of children whose parents were married in the year of the child’s birth, whereas the Index provides the percent of children whose parents married before or around the time of their birth.

Out-of-wedlock/ Infancy Statistics*

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*Refer to the technical appendix for how the Index is derived. These statistics are different from those in the Index in that these give the percent of children whose parents were married in the year of the child’s birth, whereas the Index provides the percent of children whose parents married before or around the time of their birth.

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

At Birth

*Refer to the technical appendix for how the Index is derived. These statistics are different from those in the Index in that these give the percent of children whose parents were married in the year of the child’s birth, whereas the Index provides the percent of children whose parents married before or around the time of their birth.

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At Birth

*Refer to the technical appendix for how the Index is derived. These statistics are different from those in the Index in that these give the percent of children whose parents were married in the year of the child’s birth, whereas the Index provides the percent of children whose parents married before or around the time of their birth.

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At Birth

*Refer to the technical appendix for how the Index is derived. These statistics are different from those in the Index in that these give the percent of children whose parents were married in the year of the child’s birth, whereas the Index provides the percent of children whose parents married before or around the time of their birth.

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*Refer to the technical appendix for how the Index is derived. These statistics are different from those in the Index in that these give the percent of children whose parents were married in the year of the child’s birth, whereas the Index provides the percent of children whose parents married before or around the time of their birth.

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At Birth

*Refer to the technical appendix for how the Index is derived. These statistics are different from those in the Index in that these give the percent of children whose parents were married in the year of the child’s birth, whereas the Index provides the percent of children whose parents married before or around the time of their birth.

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*Refer to the technical appendix for how the Index is derived. These statistics are different from those in the Index in that these give the percent of children whose parents were married in the year of the child’s birth, whereas the Index provides the percent of children whose parents married before or around the time of their birth.

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At Birth

*Refer to the technical appendix for how the Index is derived. These statistics are different from those in the Index in that these give the percent of children whose parents were married in the year of the child’s birth, whereas the Index provides the percent of children whose parents married before or around the time of their birth.

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