Question 56
COULD YOU GIVE US SOME FACTS OR DATA ABOUT CHANGES IN ATTITUDES ON NFP FROM THE 1950s TILL NOW?
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CHANGES IN OUR CULTURE 1950 TO 2000 |
In 1955, 30% of Catholic wives aged 18 to 39 admitted to using contraception
In 1965, 53% of Catholic wives aged 18 to 39 were presently using or had used contraception
…From Catholics and contraception: An American History: by Leslie Woodcock
In 1995, 70% of all U.S. Catholic women of childbearing age used some form of contraception [17]
17] Data from the National Center for Health Statistics,
http://cathmedweek.blogspot
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In 1960, 2.3% of babies were born out of wedlock.
By 1992, 22.6% of babies were born out of wedlock.
…..Prosperous Paupers and other Population Problems, Eberstadt
By 2005, 37% of babies were born out of wedlock. – Associated Press
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As late as 1960, married families made up 74% of all households; but by the census of 2000 they accounted for just 53 percent. (Professor H.S. Klein, Columbia University)
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Between 1960 and 2000, the number of unmarried cohabiting couples increased by 1000%. In 2000 there were 11 million cohabiting people. (2000 Census)
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The number of single mothers increased between 1970 and 2000, from 3 million to 10 million; over the same time frame, the number of single fathers increased also, from 393,000 to 2 million."—U.S. Census Bureau.
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23.6% of children from 2 parent families will have problems such as hyperactivity, behavioral, social impairment or in school.
40.6% of children from single–mother families have these problems.
(http://fathersforlife.org
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Approximately 60 percent of U.S. children living in mother-only families are impoverished, compared with only 11 percent of two-parent families.
(http://www.hec.ohio-state.edu
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In 1960 there were only 2 STD’s
In 2002 there were at least 50
(How Teen Sex is Killing our Kids. By Meg Meeker.)
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In the US in 2002 up to one quarter of sexually active teens were living with a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Each year over 15 million Americans will contract a new STD. Around a fifth of these will be teenagers. Indeed, while teens make up just 10 percent of the population, they account for 25 per cent of all STDs. That means every day in America 8000 teens will become infected with a new STD.
(How Teen Sex is Killing our Kids. By Meg Meeker.)
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One in five people in the United States has an STD.
Two-thirds of all STDs occur in people 25 years of age or younger. (http://www.coolnurse.com/std
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Fifty-four percent of women having abortions used a contraceptive method during the month they became pregnant. (Guttmacher Institute, 05/2006)
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Forty eight percent of women that are having an abortion have had at least one previous abortion. (Guttmacher Institute, 05/2006)
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Forty-three percent of women obtaining abortions identify themselves as Protestant, and 27% as Catholic. (Guttmacher Institute, 05/2006)
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Black women are almost four times as likely as white women to have an abortion, and Hispanic women are 2.5 times as likely. (Guttmacher Institute, 05/2006)
Fr. Matthew Habiger OSB
mhabiger@kansasmonks.org
