OJJDP Runaway - Throwaway Youth Jan 18, 2007

1. OJJDP Runaway - Throwaway Youth Jan 18, 2007 Patrick Fagan,Ph.D.

3. In Britain, a Child Whose Biological Mother Cohabits was 33 Times More Likely to Suffer Serious Abuse than a Child with Married Parents Comparative Risk Ratios for Serious Abuse, 1982-1988 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 Mother Married to Stepfather Biological Mother Alone Biological Parents Cohabiting Biological Father Alone Biological Mother Cohabiting Biological Parents Married Family Structure Source: Robert Whelan, Broken Homes and Broken Children, 1994.

4. In Britain, a Child Whose Biological Mother Cohabits was 33 Times More Likely to Suffer Serious Abuse than a Child with Married Parents Comparative Risk Ratios for Serious Abuse, 1982-1988 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 Mother Married to Stepfather Biological Mother Alone Biological Parents Cohabiting Biological Father Alone Biological Mother Cohabiting Biological Parents Married Family Structure Source: Robert Whelan, Broken Homes and Broken Children, 1994.

5. In Britain, a Child Whose Biological Mother Cohabits was 33 Times More Likely to Suffer Serious Abuse than a Child with Married Parents Comparative Risk Ratios for Serious Abuse, 1982-1988 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 Mother Married to Stepfather Biological Mother Alone Biological Parents Cohabiting Biological Father Alone Biological Mother Cohabiting Biological Parents Married Family Structure Source: Robert Whelan, Broken Homes and Broken Children, 1994.

17. School Expulsion Source Add Health Wave II 1996

23. “Rejection/Ambivalence Ratio” for Every 100 Children Born 70 Children Aborted Children of Divorce 60 Children born out of Wedlock 50 40 30 20 10 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 Source: National Center for Health Statistics data and Alan Guttmacher Institute data

24. MENTAL HEALTH VIOLENCE

27. EDUCATION

28. Grade Point Average Grade Point Average (Out of Maximum of 4.0) 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4 Intact Married Parents Cohabiting Parents Step Parents Always Single Parents Divorced Parents Family Structure Source: National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health Wave 1, 1995

29. SEXUALITY AND MARRIAGE

37. THE CULTURE