Family Facts: Social Science Research on Family, Society & Religion
| Family dinner keeps teens healthy in more ways than one. Frequent family meals were linked to lower rates of teen smoking, drinking, and drug use, according to 2005 study. Compared to teens who had dinner with their families five nights per week or more, those who had dinner with their families two or fewer nights per week were twice as likely to engage in substance abuse. These teens were 2.5 times more likely to smoke cigarettes, 1.5 times more likely drink alcohol, and nearly 3 times more likely to experiment with marijuana. 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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 Having dinner with parents was associated with reduced emotional distress among teens...(more) Fathers who claimed a religious affiliation were more likely to have dinner with their families than those who did not claim a religious affiliation...(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 |