Index of Belonging and Rejection Release and News Conference

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Click here to download the Index of Belonging and Rejection

Does Your State Foster
Belonging or REJECTION?

You are cordially invited to the First Annual Index of Belonging and Rejection Release and News Conference

Speakers

Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council
Dr. Pat Fagan, Senior Fellow and Director of MARRI
Dr. Nick Zill
Dr. Carol Swain, Vanderbilt University
Dr. Laura Beaver, Annie Casey Foundation

Most American teenagers' parents have rejected each other, through divorce, separation, or choosing not to marry, and rates of parental rejection vary significantly across ethnic and regional backgrounds. The Index of Belonging and Rejection delves into all of these statistics and rank-orders the states and the 25 largest cities by the strength of their family life, showing that less than 50 percent of American children reach adulthood having grown up in an intact family.

Belonging and rejection within the family have significant impacts on the strength of the nation and its communities, as well as on America's future leadership capacity.

This first release of the Index of Belonging and Rejection lays the foundation for a series of future related studies.