FRC to Hold News Conference on Second Annual Index of Family Belonging and Rejection

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Nov 16, 2011, 05:00 ET

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tomorrow, Family Research Council's Marriage & Religion Research Institute (MARRI) will release its second annual Index of Family Belonging and Rejection. The first Index found that less than 50 percent of American children reach adulthood having grown up in an intact family. Statistics are based on the Census Bureau's American Community Survey. The study rank-orders all 50 states and the 25 largest cities.

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This year's Index also delves into the issues of poverty, educational attainment and teenage out of wedlock births in relation to state Index scores.

WHO:
Dr. Pat Fagan, Director, Marriage & Religion Research Institute (MARRI), Family Research Council, director of the study
Dr. David Armor, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy at George Mason University
Dr. Nick Zill, former Vice President, Westat
Pat Ware, Former Executive Director, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS

WHAT: The second annual Index of Family Belonging and Rejection release and news conference; coffee provided beforehand with a lunch reception afterward.

WHERE: Family Research Council Media Center, 801 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001; Online: http://www.frc.org/eventregistration/index-of-belonging-and-rejection-press-conference

WHEN: Thursday, November 17, 2011, from 12 to 1 p.m. EST.

SOURCE Family Research Council