{"id":2339355,"date":"2024-09-10T18:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T22:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-study-finds-correlation-between-married-families-and-lower-crime-and-delinquency-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-10T18:24:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T22:24:22","slug":"maryland-study-finds-correlation-between-married-families-and-lower-crime-and-delinquency-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-study-finds-correlation-between-married-families-and-lower-crime-and-delinquency-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland study finds correlation between married families and lower crime and delinquency &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaryland-study-finds-correlation-between-married-families-and-lower-crime-and-delinquency-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2339355&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A recent study by the \u200cMaryland Family Institute highlights a significant correlation between married families and reduced crime and delinquency levels. Conducted\u200b by Franciscan University professor\u200b David Ayers, \u200bthe study \u2063analyzed data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey across various Maryland counties, revealing that\u200c areas with a higher percentage \u2062of married households reported lower instances of\u200b crime, drug\u200b use, alcohol\u2064 abuse, adolescent sexual activity, and poverty. For \u2063instance, Baltimore, \u200cwhich has the lowest rate \u200cof married households in\u2064 Maryland, \u2064demonstrated a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">violent crime rate<\/a> over 14 times\u2063 higher than Carroll County, known\u200d for its high marriage rates and better social\u200b outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>The study concludes that married households \u200btend to have \u200dsignificantly higher median incomes,\u2064 with those led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mnuchin-600-stimulus-payments-could-be-deposited-starting-tonight\/\" title=\"Mnuchin: 0 Stimulus Payments Could Be Deposited Starting Tonight\">married couples earning<\/a> more\u200c than \u2063three times \u2062that of single-women-led households. While there was a strong correlation with many social issues, \u2063rates of sadness, depression, and suicide did not show significant relationships with marriage rates.<\/p>\n<p>The Maryland Family Institute, a Christian nonprofit \u200cadvocating for family life and parental rights, regards this study as foundational evidence for the necessity of promoting married families to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-politics-of-parental-revolt\/\" title=\"The Politics of Parental Revolt\">improve social conditions<\/a>. MFI President Jeffrey Trimbath emphasized the study\u2019s implications for community welfare and the political landscape, suggesting it provides clear\u200c evidence for public policy considerations that could foster better outcomes for Maryland residents. According to Ayers,\u2062 the data serves as\u2062 &#8220;unimpeachable&#8221;\u200b proof \u200bthat addressing family structures can lead to \u200dsubstantial societal benefits.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Maryland study finds correlation between married families and lower crime and delinquency<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1727183\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE<\/strong> <strong>&mdash;<\/strong> A new study from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maryland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Maryland\">Maryland<\/a> Family Institute found a strong correlation between married families and lower levels of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"social ills\">social ills<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Using data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Franciscan University of Steubenville professor David Ayers, an expert in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"family studies\">family studies<\/a>, compared different Maryland counties based on percentages of households headed by married couples. The data showed a significant correlation between a higher percentage of married households and lower levels of crime, drug use, alcohol abuse, adolescent sex, and poverty.<\/p>\n<p>The correlation was especially high regarding poverty and crime. Married households had a median income more than three times larger than those headed by single women. The violent crime rate of the city of Baltimore, which has the lowest married household rate in the state, was more than 14.5 times that of Carroll County, which has one of the highest.<\/p>\n<p>Results consistently showed that Carroll County had many of the best outcomes while Baltimore had many of the worst.<\/p>\n<p>One of the exceptions to this was rates of sadness, depression, and suicide, where no significant correlation was found.<\/p>\n<p>The study is the first published by the MFI, a Christian nonprofit organization focusing on family life, religious liberty, marriage, and parental rights.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We wanted this to be sort of our case statement for why we need a Maryland Family Institute,&rdquo; MFI President Jeffrey Trimbath told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;And we tried to show through this broader report, and through each of these individual reports, that there is, in fact, a correlation between how well we form our families in Maryland and various social pathologies that we all have to live with in Maryland.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And what you can see from these reports is that there is, in fact, a very robust connection between those two variables,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;When we form [families] that way, life goes better for every Marylander, and when we don&rsquo;t form them that way, life is harder, especially for kids and adults and communities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ayers argued that the study is useful for everyone in the political sphere, providing &ldquo;unimpeachable&rdquo; proof of a surefire way to improve the country.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No matter how progressive a politician is, and you&rsquo;re talking about officials at the county level, literally any level of government or a policy concern in Maryland, it&rsquo;s right there in front of them,&rdquo; he told the <em><em>Washington Examiner<\/em><\/em>. &ldquo;The facts are unimpeachable. They all come from sources that are highly respected. If there&rsquo;s any bias in any source, it would be a progressive bias. And so, even if you really don&rsquo;t agree with us in terms of the basic stance we have on these issues, you would still find this really useful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Even those living in counties with higher marriage rates without necessarily being married will see cascading benefits, Ayers noted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it surprises a lot of people,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think they realize the stark differences, and here we&rsquo;re talking about where you&rsquo;re living, in the county than you live, but if you&rsquo;re living where most people are married, you&rsquo;re better off in almost every possible way than somebody living 10 miles away from you is living in an area where maybe the out-of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-long-road-and-significance-of-overturning-roe\/\" title=\"The Long Road And Significance Of Overturning Roe\">-wedlock birth rate<\/a> is, you know, 45% or 50%.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trimbath said he hopes the study will lead to conversations in the political realm about gearing legislation toward helping families.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every piece of legislation or most pieces of legislation in Annapolis have to have a fiscal impact note and an equity impact note, a racial equity impact note,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And so we proposed, there&rsquo;s a legislator, Justin Ready from Carroll County, proposed adding a family impact note to each piece of legislation that was introduced. It didn&rsquo;t pass, but the conversation was started.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trimbath argued the MFI study is especially important due to Maryland&rsquo;s location.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Maryland is a state that matters deeply to the country, given its proximity to Washington and even to New York City, just a three-hour train ride,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And so if we can improve families and we can change the conversation in Maryland towards families, the potential to impact the country and the world is great, and that&rsquo;s one of the reasons why we started the Maryland Family Institute.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1727183\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1727183\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study conducted by the Maryland Family Institute has identified a significant link between married families and reduced instances of social issues. Professor David Ayers from Franciscan University of Steubenville analyzed data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, comparing various Maryland counties based on the proportion of households led by married couples. The findings revealed that areas with a higher percentage of married households experienced lower rates of crime, substance abuse, teenage sexual activity, and poverty. Notably, the correlation between marriage rates and poverty or crime was particularly strong; for instance, married households had median incomes over three times greater than those led by single women. Baltimore City, which has the lowest rate of married households in Maryland, exhibited a violent crime rate more than 14.5 times higher than Carroll County\u2014one of the counties with the highest marriage rates. While Carroll County showed many positive outcomes compared to Baltimore&#8217;s negative statistics, there was no significant correlation found regarding mental health issues like sadness or suicide rates.<\/p>\n<p>This study marks MFI&#8217;s first publication as a Christian nonprofit organization dedicated to family life and related rights. MFI President Jeffrey Trimbath expressed that this report serves as an argument for establishing a Maryland Family Institute by demonstrating how family structures impact various social problems in the state. He emphasized that fostering strong family units leads to better outcomes for all residents.<\/p>\n<p>Ayers believes this research is valuable across political lines as it provides undeniable evidence supporting family stability as a means to enhance societal well-being. He noted that even individuals living in areas with high marriage rates can benefit from these conditions without being married themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Trimbath hopes this study will spark discussions among lawmakers about creating legislation aimed at supporting families more effectively. He mentioned an initiative proposed by legislator Justin Ready to include a &#8220;family impact note&#8221; alongside fiscal and equity assessments for new legislation\u2014a proposal that did not pass but initiated important conversations.<\/p>\n<p>Given Maryland&#8217;s strategic location near Washington D.C., Trimbath argues improving family dynamics within the state could have far-reaching effects on national policies and societal norms overall\u2014one reason behind founding the Maryland Family Institute<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2339356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AP24011709035700-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7204,40592,5401,6205,4837],"class_list":["post-2339355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-crime","tag-delinquency","tag-families","tag-marriage","tag-maryland"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AP24011709035700-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2339355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2339356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2339355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2339355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2339355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}