A new analysis looking at links between marriage, fertility and other socioeconomic characteristics was released today by the U.S. Census Bureau, providing the first-ever state-by-state analysis of median age at first marriage. The analysis of the multi-year marriage and fertility data from the American Community Survey (ACS) also shows how socioeconomic characteristics such as mother’s income, age, work status and language spoken at home are correlated with birth rates.

Clergy are more sexually satisfied, less likely to commit adultery.
Pastors are more likely to be happily married than the people in their congregations, our Christianity Today International survey shows.

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