Family Facts: Social Science Research on Family, Society & Religion
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composition makes a difference in a child’s behavioral and cognitive
achievement, according to a 1998 study that analyzed over 300 pairs
of siblings whose average age ranged between seven and ten years. On average, children in two-parent families had fewer behavioral problems and higher scores on math and reading cognitive achievement tests than children in single-parent families. While the differences in behavioral problems and math scores between the two groups remained constant over a period of four years, the gap in reading scores widened. 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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 On average, teens from intact families that frequently attended religious services earned the highest grades...(more) Children who had experienced a parental marital disruption tended to have lower academic achievement and aspirations than peers in intact families...(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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Events:Religious Practice and Civic Life: What the Research Says October 4, 2007 |