Category: Marriage/Family

First in Family: Red States Pulling Ahead on Marriage and Kids

or years, America’s elites have argued that blue states—with their generous family policies and better-educated populations—are better equipped to foster strong families. But according to the 2026 Family Structure Index, a new interactive report from the Center for Christian Virtue and Institute for Family Studies, the demographic trends tell a different story: red states manage to attract more families and foster higher marriage and fertility rates.

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Research Shows Young Men Want Marriage Yet Lack Confidence in Dating

An important new survey from the Institute for Family Studies (IFS) on the marital and fatherhood interests of young men in America tell us that only 6% of those age 18 through 23 are married and just 25% of those between 24 and 29-years of age have a wedding ring on their finger. And less than one-third of unmarried men are currently in a romantic relationship. For those young men who do marry, most of them marry after age 30 as the average age of first marriage for men is 30.2.

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Why the decline of marriage is driving America’s faith crisis

The married, intact family began declining in the 1960s. About a generation later, religious non-affiliation began to rise as those children reached adulthood. Social scientists call this generational succession, where each generation is less religious than the last. Marriage and family trends began to level off between 2008 and 2015, likely influencing today’s slowdown in religious decline that Pew recorded.

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