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Jones) June 27, 2009 Extramarital Affairs, Like Sanfordfs, Morally Taboo (Frank Newport) June 30, 2008 Americans Evenly Divided on Morality of Homosexuality (Lydia Saad) December 5, 2007 Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2007 (Bureau of Justice Statistics) June 4, 2007 Americans Remain Negative on State of Nation's Moral Values (Joseph Carroll) Americans Rate the Morality of 16 Social Issues (Lydia Saad) March 17, 2007 Wasting the Best and the Brightest: Substance Abuse at America's Colleges and Universities (The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse) February 23, 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance --- Selected Steps Communities, 2005 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) December 23, 2006 Trends in Premarital Sex in the United States, 1954-2003 (Lawrence B. 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Gomez) Greater Expectations: Adolescents' Positive Motivations for Sex (Mary A. Ott, Susan G. Millstein, Susan Ofner and Bonnie L. Halpern-Felsher) May 25, 2006 Morality Ratings the Worst in Five Years (Lydia Saad) March 31, 2006 Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report (U.S. Department of Justice) December 24, 2005 2005 Monitoring the Future Survey (University of Michigan) November 20, 2005 Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2005 (Jill F. DeVoe, Katharin Peter, Margaret Noonan, Thomas D. Snyder, Katrina Baum) November 12, 2005 Sex on TV 4 (Dale Kunkel, Keren Eyal, Keli Finnerty, Erica Biely, & Edward Donnerstein) September 16, 2005 The Importance of Family Dinners II (National Center for Addiction & Substance Abuse) Births: Final Data for 2003 (Joyce A. Martin, Brady E. Hamilton, Paul D. Sutton, Stephanie J. Ventura, Fay Menacker and Martha L. Munson) Sexual Behavior and Selected Health Measures: Men and Women 15-44 Years of Age, United States, 2002 (William D. 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Schuster, MD, PhD) * Released in December 2002 December 11, 2004 Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing, 2002 (CDC National Center for Health Statistics) December 1, 2004 Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2004 (Bureau of Justice Statistics) November 20, 2004 Births to 10-14 Year-Old Mothers, 1990-2002: Trends and Health Outcomes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) September 13, 2004 Watching Sex on Television Predicts Adolescent Initiation of Sexual Behavior (Rebecca L. Collins, Marc N. Elliott, Sandra H. Berry, David E. Kanouse, Dale Kunkel, Sarah B. Hunter, and Angela Miu) August 29, 2004 National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse IX: Teen Dating Practices and Sexual Activity (National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse) August 25, 2004 The 36th Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools (Lowell C. Rose and Alec M. Gallup) July 7, 2004 Teenage Pregnancy and Associated Risk Behaviors Among Sexually Abused Adolescents (Elizabeth M. Saewyc, Lara Leanne Magee and Sandra E. Pettingell) June 24, 2004 The State of Our Unions: The Social Health of Marriage in America, 2004 (David Popenoe and Barbara Dafoe Whitehead) June 22, 2004 The Cultural Landscape: What's Morally Acceptable? (Lydia Saad) May 30, 2004 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance --- United States, 2003 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2004) Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance --- United States, 1993 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1995) February 26, 2004 Partnership Attitude Tracking Study: Teens 2003 (Partnership for a Drug-Free America) February 25, 2004 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among American Youth: Incidence and Prevalence Estimates, 2000 (Hillard Weinstock, Stuart Berman and Willard Cates, Jr.) The Estimated Direct Medical Cost of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among American Youth, 2000 (Harrell W. Chesson, John M. 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Johnson, Lauren R. Noyes and Shannan Martin) June 21, 2003 The State of Our Unions: 2003 (The National Marriage Project) June 3, 2003 Increased Abstinence Causes A Large Drop In Teen Pregnancy (Melissa G. Pardue) Sexually Active Teenagers Are More Likely to Be Depressed and to Attempt Suicide (Robert E. Rector, Kirk A. Johnson, and Lauren R. Noyes) May 24, 2003 14 and Younger: The Sexual Behavior of Young Adolescents (National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy) May 20, 2003 National Survey of Adolescents and Young Adults: Sexual Health Knowledge, Attitudes and Experiences (Kaiser Family Foundation) May 19, 2003 Does Father Absence Place Daughters at Special Risk for Early Sexual Activity and Teenage Pregnancy? (Bruce J. Ellis, John E. Bates, Kenneth A. Dodge, David M. Fergusson, L. John Horwood, Gregory S. Pettit, and Lianne Woodward) May 14, 2003 Public to Bennett: Gambling's OK (David W. Moore) May 11, 2003 U.S. Teenage Pregnancy Statistics With Comparative Statistics for Women Aged 20-24 (Stanley K. Henshaw) May 9, 2003 Family Religious Involvement and the Quality of Family Relationships for Early Adolescents (Christian Smith and Phillip Kim) May 4, 2003 Exposure to Violent Media: The Effects of Songs With Violent Lyrics on Aggressive Thoughts and Feelings (Craig A. Anderson, Nicholas L. Carnagey and Janie Eubanks) March 11, 2003 Childhood Viewing of TV Violence Affects Women As Well As Men (University of Michigan Institute for Social Research) February 7, 2003 Sex on TV 3: Content and Context (Kaiser Family Foundation) December 22, 2002 With One Voice 2002: Americas Adults and Teens Sound Off About Teen Pregnancy (The National Campaign To Prevent Teen Pregnancy) With One Voice 2001: Americas Adults and Teens Sound Off About Teen Pregnancy (The National Campaign To Prevent Teen Pregnancy) * Released in April 2001 The 34th Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll Of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools (Lowell C. Rose and Alec M. Gallup) * Released in September 2002 December 16, 2002 Monitoring the Future 2003 (University of Michigan) December 4, 2002 Effects of Year's Scandals Evident in Honesty and Ethics Ratings (Jeffrey M. Jones) Octber 24, 2002 The Ethics of American Youth (Josephson Institute of Ethics) September 26, 2002 Trends in Sexual Risk Behaviors Among High School Students --- United States, 1991--2001 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) August 20, 2002 The 2002 CASA National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse VII: Teens, Parents and Siblings (National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse) July 17, 2002 The 2001-02 Pride Survey (The Pride Survey) June 27, 2002 The State of Our Unions: 2002 (The National Marriage Project) Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance --- United States, 2001 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) May 30, 2002 The Effectiveness Of Abstinence Education Programs In Reducing Sexual Activity Among Youth (Robert Rector) * Published on April 5, 2002 March 29, 2002 Rates of Homicide, Suicide, and Firearm-Related Death Among Children -- 26 Industrialized Countries (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) * Released in February 1997 March 11, 2002 Abstinence Promotion and Teen Family Planning: The Misguided Drive for Equal Funding (Cynthia Dailard) Teen Pregnancy: Trends And Lessons Learned (Heather Boonstra) February 27, 2002 The School Shooter: A Threat Assessment Perspective (Federal Bureau of Investigation) * Released in September 2000 February 15, 2002 Character Education (Evelyn Holt Otten) * Published in September 2000 Youth Aggression and Violence: Risk, Resilience, and Prevention (Christine A. 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Gallup, 2001) August 1, 2001 The Sour Family Hour: 8 to 9 Goes from Bad to Worse (Parents Television Council, 2001) June 13, 2001 The State of Our Unions: The Social Health of Marriage in America, 2001 (The National Marriage Project, 2001) April 24, 2001 Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children: A Six-month Follow-up Review of Industry Practices in the Motion Picture, Music Recording & Electronic Game Industries (Federal Trade Commission, 2001) Report on State Implementation of the Gun-Free Schools Act: School Year 1998-99 (United States Department of Education, 2000) Teen Pregnancy: An American Dilemma (David Popenoe, 1998) Changes in Teen Attitudes Toward Marriage, Cohabitation and Children 1975-1995 (Barbara Dafoe Whitehead & David Popenoe, 1999) April 13, 2001 Living Arrangements of Children: Fall 1996 (United States Census Bureau, 2001) April 10, 2001 Effects of a Parent-Child Communications Intervention on Young Adolescents' Risk for Early Onset of Sexual Intercourse (Susan M. Blake, Linda Simkin, Rebecca Ledsky, Cheryl Perkins and Joseph M. Calabrese, 2001) Teenage Childbearing and Long-Term Socioeconomic Consequences: A Case Study in Sweden (Petra Otterblad Olausson, Bengt Haglund, Gunilla Ringback Weitoft and Sven Cnattingius, 2001) April 1, 2001 Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth (Josephson Institute of Ethics, 2001) March 27, 2001 American Sexual Behavior: Trends, Socio-Demographic Differences, and Risk Behavior (Tom W. Smith, 1998) March 5, 2001 Indicators of School Crimes and Safety, 2000 (Department of Education 2001) February 7, 2001 The Effects of Divorce on America (Patrick F. Fagan and Robert Rector, 2001) February 6, 2001 SEX ON TV: Content and Context (Kaiser Family Foundation, 2001) January 17, 2001 Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General (Surgeon General, 2001) December 24, 2000 The 32nd Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll Of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools (Lowell C. Rose and Alec M. Gallup) Teenage Abortion and Pregnancy Statistics by State, 1996 (Stanley K. Henshaw and Dina J. Feivelson) September 11, 2000 Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children: A Review of Self-Regulation and Industry Practices in the Motion Picture, Music Recording & Electronic Game Industries (Federal Trade Commission) June 8, 2000 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance --- United States, 1999 (the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) June 7, 2000 The State of Our Unions 2000: The Social Health of Marriage in America (The National Marriage Project) June 4, 2000 Preventing Violence & Suicide (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) April 10, 2000 Renew links. See "Online Resources". February 28, 2000 Why is Teenage Pregnancy Declining? 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Rose and Alec M. Gallup, August 1999) August 18, 1999 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (Department of Health and Human Services, August 1999) August 11, 1999 Report on State Implementation of the Gun-Free Schools Act: School Year 1997-98 (Department of Education, August 1999) July 2, 1999 The State of Our Unions: The Social Health of Marriage in America (David Popenoe & Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, June 1999) June 3, 1999 Trends in HIV-Related Sexual Risk Behaviors Among High School Students -- Selected U.S. Cities, 1991-1997 (CDC, June 1999) May 19, 1999 Morals & Values: Americans Look at themselves (Shell Oil, Spring 1999) May 10, 1999 Add a search engine. (Note: PDF files are excluded.) April 30, 1999 Births: Final Data for 1997 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, April 1999) Substance Use in Popular Movies and Music (Office of National Drug Control Policy, April 1999) April 18, 1999 1998 CASA National Survey of Teens, Teachers and Principals Joseph A. Califano, Jr. and Alyse Booth (September 1998) April 14, 1999 When Teens Have Sex: Issues and Trends (The Annie E. Casey Foundation, January 1999) March 26, 1999 The Breakdown of the Family: The Consequences for Children and American Society (Patrick F. Fagan, 1998) Child Abuse Crisis: The Disintegration Of Marriage, Family, And The American Community (Patrick F. Fagan, Dorothy B. Hanks, 1997) Why Religion Matters: The Impact Of Religious Practice On Social Stability (Patrick F. Fagan, 1996) The Real Root Causes Of Violent Crime: The Breakdown of Marriage, Family, and Community (Patrick F. Fagan, March 1995) March 9, 1999 Values, Views, or Virtues? (Kevin Ryan and Karen Bohlin, March 1999) March 7, 1999 Character in the Basic School - Making a Commitment to Character (Ernest L. Boyer, 1995) March 1, 1999 The Joy of Sexual Values (John Leo, March 1999) The American Freshman: National Norms for Fall 1998 (Higher Education Research Institute, January 1999) Understanding Changes in Sexual Activity Among Young Metropolitan Men: 1979-1995 (Leighton Ku, Freya L. Sonenstein, Laura D. Lindberg, Carolyn H. Bradner, Scott Boggess and Joseph H. Pleck, 1998) February 2, 1999 The Impact of Religious Organizations on Gender Equality (Center for Gender Equality, February 1999) January 27, 1999 Youth Indicators 1996: Trends in the Well-Being of American Youth (National Center for Education Statistics, September 1996) Student Victimization At School (National Center For Education Statistics, November 1998) December 17, 1998 All Parent/Child Situations, by Type, Race, and Hispanic Origin of Householder or Reference Person: 1970 to Present (U.S. Bureau of the Census, December 1998) December 5, 1998 Averting Culture Wars over Religion (Charles C. Haynes, 1998) October 20, 1998 Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 1998 (National Center for Education Statistics & Bureau of Justice Statistics, October 1998) September 18, 1998 Trends in Sexual Risk Behaviors Among High School Students -- United States, 1991-1997(CDC, September 1998) September 15, 1998 The 30th Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools (Lowell C. Rose and Alec M. Gallup, September 1998) September 12, 1998 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance - United States, 1997 (CDC, August 1998) Television Violence: Content, Context, and Consequences (Amy Aidman, 1997) August 19, 1998 Teen Mothers Socio-Demographic Characteristic and Risk Factors (Government Accounting Office, June 1998) July 10, 1998 The Higher Standards We Need Most (Thomas F. Kelly, April 1997) June 14, 1998 A Comprehensive Model for Values Education and Moral Education (Howard Kirschenbaum, June 1992) June 10, 1998 Teenage Births in the United States: National and State Trends,1990-96 (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, April 1998) May 17, 1998 Teenage Births in the United States: National and State Trends,1990-96 (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, April 1998) Youth & HIV/AIDS: An American Agenda(The Office of National AIDS Policy, March 1996) Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenthood (Sandra Danziger and Naomi Farber, 1990) -END-