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> Both divorce and out-of-wedlock births (and sexually transmitted infections) are highest, in the U.S., within the southern evangelical communities I was skep
by sndean 10y ago
> Both divorce and out-of-wedlock births (and sexually transmitted infections) are highest, in the U.S., within the southern evangelical communities
I was skeptical, but yeah that looks pretty much true for divorce in the Midwest / South (in 2000), at least:
https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/original-data/county-level-marriage-divorce-data-2000.html https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/original-data/coun...
- fatbird 10y agoHere's a study that found "Increased religiosity in residents of states in the U.S. strongly predicted a higher teen birth rate.... With data aggregated at the state level, conservative religious beliefs strongly predict U.S. teen birth rates, in a relationship that does not appear to be the result of confounding by income or abortion rates. One possible explanation for this relationship is that teens in more religious communities may be less likely to use contraception." https://reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1742-4755-6-14 https://reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com/articl...