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Research shows what Parents want Taught in Sex Education Courses
- Some 47 percent of parents want teens to be taught that "young people should not engage in sexual activity until they are married."
- Another 32 percent of parents want teens to be taught that "young people should not engage in sexual intercourse until they have, at least, finished high school and are in a relationship with someone they feel they would like to marry."
- 79 percent of parents want young people taught that sex should be reserved for marriage or for an adult relationship leading to marriage.
- By 11th or 12th grade, some 91 percent of students have been taught about birth control in school
- 75 percent of parents want both abstinence and contraception taught to teens
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Date: 1/28/2004
Research shows the effects of Poverty on Society
- The following are facts about persons defined as "poor" by the Census Bureau, taken from various government reports:
- Forty-six percent of all poor households actually own their own homes.
- Seventy-six percent of poor households have air conditioning.
- Only 6 percent of poor households are overcrowded.
- More than two-thirds have more than two rooms per person.
- Nearly three-quarters of poor households own a car; 30 percent own two or more cars.
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Date: 1/5/2004
Parents Who Attend Church Regularly Have a Better Relationship with Their Children
- Eleven percent of 12- to 14-year-old youth belong to families that are heavily involved (five to seven days per week) in some form of religious activity during the week (such as attending church, pray ing, or reading scriptures together).
- These youth are significantly more likely than youth whose families do not engage in religious activities throughout the week (34 percent of all youth) to report better relationships between their mothers and fathers, according to multiple measures.
- Youth from less religiously active families (8 percent for three to four days per week; 47 percent for one to two days per week) also are more likely to report many but not all of the stronger parental relationship characteristics.
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Date: 12/19/2003
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