Tag Archives: research
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John Roughan – Men no substitute for a mum
June 17, 2012
NZ Herald 16 June 2012 When I suggested here that adoption by gay males might not be fair to a child I was fiercely condemned by an overwhelming majority online and advised to do some...
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Latest poll on same sex marriage
June 16, 2012
June 2o12 Yahoo News...
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21 Reasons Why Marriage Matters
June 12, 2012
21 REASONS WHY MARRIAGE MATTERS The National Marriage Coalition is a coalition of like minded organisations which believes that every child has a fundamental right to both a mother and a father. The best way...
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162 Reasons to Marry
June 11, 2012162 Reasons to Marry Pat Fagan, Anne Dougherty, and Miriam McElvain: Marriage & Religion Research Institute (February 2012) DOWNLOAD...
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New study on homosexual parents tops all previous research
June 1, 2012
NEW STUDY ON HOMOSEXUAL PARENTS TOPS ALL PREVIOUS RESEARCH Children of Homosexuals Fare Worse on Most Outcomes By Peter Sprigg – Family Research Council June 2012 In a historic study of children raised by homosexual...
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Do Children of Same-Sex Parents Really Fare Worse?
June 1, 2012
Time Magazine 11 June 2012 A large new survey counters the conventional wisdom that kids of lesbian moms and gay dads are no different from children raised in straight families. But a closer look at...
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New Report Finds 162 Reasons to Marry
February 11, 2012Family Research Council 8 Feb 2012 Family Research Council’s Marriage and Religion Research Institute has released a new paper entitled 162 Reasons to Marry. This important new study demonstrates that marriage is beneficial across a...
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Marriage can reduce crime by increasing self-control
September 11, 2011HealthCanal.com 26 Sep 2011 Marriage can potentially help reduce crime by enabling people to develop greater self-control, according to a new study examining changes in marital status, self-control and marijuana use between late adolescence and...
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Research Shows Marriage Reduces Childhood Poverty by Two Thirds
May 27, 2011Family Research Council May 27, 2011 Family Research Council’s Marriage and Religion Research Institute (MARRI) released a synthesis paper today showing that economic well-being in the United States is strongly related to marriage. The paper,...
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Be faithful – live longer: Study
November 11, 2010Telegraph (UK) 08 Nov 2010 Italian medical researchers carried out a series of studies as part of the conference, and found that a healthy sex life means fewer cardiovascular problems for men. The investigation was...
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Marriage key to parents staying together, according to new research
February 22, 2010Daily Mail (Aust) February 22, 2010 Married parents are 10 times more likely to stay together than cohabiting couples with children, according to UK research. The study also showed cohabiting has become a less stable...
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Marriage is good for you
December 11, 2009NZPA 15/12/2009 Getting married is good for you, according a New Zealand-led international study of nearly 35,000 people across 15 countries. Tying the knot was positive for the mental health of both men and women,...
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Marriage Breakdown Costing Taxpayers At Least $1 Billion a Year
October 20, 2008In the first research of its kind in NZ, a new report estimates that the fiscal cost to the taxpayer of family breakdown and decreasing marriage rates is at least $1 billion per year and...
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Married parents twice as likely to stay together as couples in live-in relationships
September 11, 2008Telegraph (UK) 23 Sep 2008 Parents in live-in relationships are twice as likely to split up as married couples, according to research into the “concerning” number of children born outside wedlock. An in-depth study claims...
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Marriage Matters for Children – Research
July 11, 2007Research published by the International Child and Youth Care Network Online Journal this month has supported the volumes of research already published showing that the very best environment for children growing up is with two...
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Why Marriage Matters, Second Edition: Twenty-Six Conclusions from the Social Sciences
May 11, 2007http://www.americanvalues.org/html/r-wmm.html May 1st 2007, Sixteen of the top scholars on family life have re-issued a joint report on the importance of marriage. First released in 2002, the newly revised edition highlights five new themes in...
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Married couples have more going for them, study shows
August 11, 2006Christchurch Press 10 Aug 06 It’s official: marriage is good for your health. A study of nearly 67,000 adults shows that far from being an old-fashioned institution or just a piece of paper, marriage prolongs...