• American Families

  Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006 (message contributor)

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American Families

· 80% of Americans agree it is better for children if their parents are married, but 55% also agree that “love is what makes a family.”

· 49% of Americans agree that married people are happier than unmarried people.

· 97% of Americans in traditional families and 88% in nontraditional families say they are satisfied with their family life.

· 49% of nontraditional families and 37% of traditional families say they worry a lot about their children learning the right values.

· 29% of nontraditional families and 25% of traditional families say they worry a lot about their children maintaining the religious faith they were brought up in.

· 42% of evangelical Protestants agree that a family suffers if the woman has a full-time job, yet 48% of evangelicals in traditional families have two adults who work full time versus 40% of all traditional parents. (Religion Ethics 10/21/05)

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