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Author: Fagan, Patrick F.
Resulting in 6 citations.
1. Fagan, Patrick F.
Family and Faith: The Roots of Prosperity, Stability and Freedom
Working Paper, The Heritage Foundation, WebMemo 1, March 21, 2000.
Also: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/WM1.cfm
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: The Heritage Foundation
Keyword(s): Income Level; Religion; Sexual Activity

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Fagan's WebMemo on the detrimental impacts resulting from the deterioration of the family and the "Culture of Rejection and Alienation" cites NLSY79 data to show that "religious worship by men in their twenties has quite an impact on their capacity to sustain their own virginity." Additionally, NLSY79 data is used to support a correlation between young men's church attendance and income levels achieved later in life. Fagan concludes that "the highest income group consisted of young men who were raised in intact families that worshipped weekly."
Bibliography Citation
Fagan, Patrick F. "Family and Faith: The Roots of Prosperity, Stability and Freedom." Working Paper, The Heritage Foundation, WebMemo 1, March 21, 2000.
2. Fagan, Patrick F.
The Child Abuse Crisis: The Disintegration of Marriage, Family, and the American Community
Backgrounder #1115 Report, The Heritage Foundation, May 15, 1997.
Also: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/BG1115.cfm
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: The Heritage Foundation
Keyword(s): Children, Well-Being; Marriage; Parents, Single

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This article links single parent households and out of wedlock births to incidents of child abuse. NLSY79 data is cited as establishing that the absence of stable marriages result in problems concerning health, education, drug use, welfare dependency, crime, and job success and that these negative effects are "compounding from generation to generation."
Bibliography Citation
Fagan, Patrick F. "The Child Abuse Crisis: The Disintegration of Marriage, Family, and the American Community." Backgrounder #1115 Report, The Heritage Foundation, May 15, 1997.
3. Fagan, Patrick F.
The Real Root Causes of Violent Crime: The Breakdown of Marriage, Family, and Community
Backgrounder #1026 Report, The Heritage Foundation, March 17, 1995.
Also: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Crime/BG1026.cfm
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: The Heritage Foundation
Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Crime; Marriage; Parents, Single

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This paper analyzes the connection between single parent families and incidents of youth involvement in violent crime. Merry Morash's study of NLSY79 data is cited, specifically her findings that "[The] mother's [young] age is related to delinquency primarily through its association with low hopes for education, negative school experiences, father absence, and limited monitoring of the child."
Bibliography Citation
Fagan, Patrick F. "The Real Root Causes of Violent Crime: The Breakdown of Marriage, Family, and Community." Backgrounder #1026 Report, The Heritage Foundation, March 17, 1995.
4. Fagan, Patrick F.
Why Religion Matters
Working Paper, The Heritage Foundation, January 25, 1996.
Also: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Religion/BG1064.cfm
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: The Heritage Foundation
Keyword(s): Religion; Religious Influences; Sexual Activity; Sexual Experiences/Virginity

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This paper on the positive effects of religious practices cites studies of NLSY79 data indicating that the absence of religious practices leads to higher incidents of premarital sex. Also cited are studies indicating that poor families that practice a religion have higher income levels than those who do not.
Bibliography Citation
Fagan, Patrick F. "Why Religion Matters." Working Paper, The Heritage Foundation, January 25, 1996.
5. Rector, Robert
Fagan, Patrick F.
How Welfare Harms Kids
Backgrounder #1084 Report, The Heritage Foundation, June 5, 1996.
Also: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/BG1084.cfm
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: The Heritage Foundation
Keyword(s): Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Children; Crime; Marriage; Parents, Single; Sexual Activity; Welfare

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Rector and Fagan argue that welfare policies, which were ostensibly implemented to help children, actually harm children more than poverty itself, resulting in increased welfare dependence and out of wedlock births. Studies of NLSY79 data are cited to evidence claims that black men born to single parent families are twice as likely to engage in criminal activity and that children born out of wedlock are twice as likely to be sexual active teenagers than "legitimate" children born to married couples.
Bibliography Citation
Rector, Robert and Patrick F. Fagan. "How Welfare Harms Kids." Backgrounder #1084 Report, The Heritage Foundation, June 5, 1996.
6. Rector, Robert
Johnson, Kirk A.
Fagan, Patrick F.
Understanding Differences in Black and White Child Poverty Rates
Report #CDA01-04. Washington DC: The Heritage Foundation, May 2001.
Also: http://www.heritage.org/library/cda/cda01-04.html
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: The Heritage Foundation
Keyword(s): Age at First Birth; Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Poverty; Regions; Welfare

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EXCERPT FROM INTRODUCTION: High rates of child poverty in the United States are a continuing concern. The fact that poverty is considerably more common among black children than it is among white children has intensified this concern. In 1999, according to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, 33.1 percent of black children lived in poverty compared with 13.5 percent of white children.1

This CDA Report attempts to identify the primary causes of child poverty in the United States, using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, a representative sample of Americans produced by the U.S. Department of Labor.2 We also examine the differences in black and white child poverty and seek to uncover the causes of those differences.

Bibliography Citation
Rector, Robert, Kirk A. Johnson and Patrick F. Fagan. Understanding Differences in Black and White Child Poverty Rates. Report #CDA01-04. Washington DC: The Heritage Foundation, May 2001..