Tag: Sexuality
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Family Formation and Sexuality (Part 1)
SOCIAL INDICATORS 2007 The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Act was passed by Congress in 1996. Two of the Act's goals were to reduce out-of-wedlock births and to encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families. Scholars and politicians generally agree that the most desirable form of family for the nurture of children is a…
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Social Indicators: Family Formation and Sexuality (Part 2 of 2)
[Continued from Social Indicators: Family Formation and Sexuality (Part 2 of 2)] Despite the decrease in teenage sexual behavior and less unprotected sexual behavior, there is a rapid increase in the rate of sexually transmitted diseases: After declining somewhat erratically from 1975 to 1997, the rate of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) rose more than 20%…
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Social Indicators: Family Formation and Sexuality (Part 1 of 2)
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Act was passed by Congress in 1996. Two of the Act’s goals were to reduce out-of-wedlock births and to encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families. Scholars and politicians generally agree that the most desirable form of the family for the nurture of children is a household where…