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South Korea’s Fertility Crisis since 2016
South Korea has gotten into the news recently because of its shockingly low Total Fertility Rate of 0.72 births per woman in 2023. Yes, that is slightly more than one-third of the population maintenance Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 2.1 … Continue reading
The Newly Emerging United States Fertility Crisis
The 2020 Final Birth Data report for the United States has been released. What I was hoping for was to be able to confirm that the proportion of women of reproductive age (15 to 44 years old) who were married … Continue reading
History of Family Breakdown in the United States
Family breakdown started around 1850 in the United States I would guess, certainly no later than 1870, family breakdown being visible in social statistics as soon as comprehensive social statistics started to be tabulated. From the source “100 Years of … Continue reading
Out-of-Wedlock Births Plateau and maybe begin Decline
The out-of-wedlock birth ratio or illegitimacy ratio was 40.2% in 2014; that is down, yes DOWN, from 41.0% in 2009. This is the first time since 1950 that the illegitimacy ratio has declined over a 5 year period.
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Tagged 1994 as first social conservative backlash, 2009 as second social conservative backlash, decrease in married women working and reduced illegitimacy ratio, increased value of marriage since 2009, stabilization of out-of-wedlock birth ratio since 2009, tables and graphs for out-of-wedlock births
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The Return of the Stay-at-Home Mother
The Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) of women 25 to 54 years old peaked in April 2000 at 77.3%. By January 2013, the most recent month available, it had dropped to 74.0%. This decline in women’s LFPR is contrary to … Continue reading
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Tagged declining association of low education with non-working motherhood, increase in age and education level of mothers, increase in stay-at-home mothers, married college educated women increasingly stay-at-home mothers, stay-at-home motherhood increasing among all ages and all education levels
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Women’s Labor Force Participation Hits New Low since 1989
In March 2015 women’s labor force participation rate in the 25 to 54 year old age group was at 73.4%; the lowest level since July 1989, the most recent date when women’s labor force participation was that low. Women’s labor … Continue reading
The Threat of Rising Cohabitation
First off, I’d like to visit what Mark Driscoll had to say about cohabitation and “sleeping together” in a question and answer period at the end of his sermon Men and Marriage in his Real Marriage series:
The History of the Black Family in America; Looking Back on the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington
August 28, 2013 was the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom featuring Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. I most certainly remember Martin Luther King, the Civil Rights Movement, and certain parts of … Continue reading
The Feminist Explosion 1960 to 1995
Family breakdown in the United States started sometime before 1870; probably not much before 1870 but definitely before 1870. I can say this with confidence because the first statistics on divorce and women working were collected in 1870 and immediately … Continue reading
Marriage is Masculinity and Coverture
Robert P. George, law professor at PrincetonUniversity, has recently released a new book titled Conscience and Its Enemies: Confronting the Dogmas of Liberal Secularism. In this book he discusses the meaning of marriage; in particular why so called “homosexual marriage” … Continue reading
Secular Patriarchy 