DOCUMENT RESUME ED 348 618 CG 024 436 TITLE America's Families: Conditions, Trends, Hopes and Fears. Hearing before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Siazsion. INSTITUTION Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. REPORT NO ISBN-0-16-038919-4 PUB DATE 19 Feb 92 NOTE 292p. AVAILABLE FROMU.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-9328. PUB TYPE Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials (090) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC12 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Family (Sociological Unit); Family Problems; Family Programs; Hearings; Public Policy; Trend Analysis IDENTIFIERS Congress 102nd ABSTRACT The text of a hearing on American families is presented in this document. Comments by Representatives Patricia Schroeder, Bob McEwen, Michael Bilirakis, Frank Wolf, and Jim Bacchus, as well as Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV, are presented. Testimony and/or prepared statements and materials are included from these persons:(1) Gary L. Bauer, president, Family Research Council, Washington, D.C.;(2) Da7id Blankenhorn, president, Institute for American Values, New York, New York;(3) Vincent Breglio, president, RSM, Inc., Lanham, Maryland; (4) Greg Duncan, program director, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; (5) Donald Hernandez, chief, Marriage and Families Statistics Branch, Population Division, Bureau 20 of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.;(6) Celinda Lake, vice president, Greenberg-Lake, Washington, D.C.; (7) Thomas Plewes, Associate Commissioner for Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor;(8) Robert Rector, policy analyst for Family and Welfare Issues, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.;(9) Judith Weitz, KIDS COUNT Coordinator, the Center for the Study of Social Policy, Washington, D.C.; (10) Jason Zimbler, Nickelodeon Show "Clarissa Explains It All," New York, New York; (11) William Archer III, M.D.; and (12) Frances McNaught of the U.S. Department of Labor. 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Nitol Stop: SSOP. Wa.tongton. 20402.9325 ISBN 0-16-038919-4 SELECT COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND 7AMILIES PATRICIA SCHROEDER, Colorado,Chairwoman GEORGE MILLER, California FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia WILLIAM LEHMAN, Florida CLYDE C. HOLLOWAY, Louisiana MATTHEW F. McHUGH, New York CURT WELDON, Pennsylvania TED WEISS, New York LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas BERYL ANTHONY, JR., Arkansas JAMES T. WALSH, New York BARBARA BOXER, California RONALD K. MACHTLEY, Rhode Island SANDER M. LEVIN, Michigan BOB McEWEN, Ohio J. ROY ROWLAND, Georgia MICHAEL BILIRAKIS, Florida GERRY SIKORSKI, Minnesota SCOTT L. KLUG, Wisconsin ALAN WHEAT, Missouri RICHARD JOHN SANTORUM, Pennsylvania MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California DAVE CAMP, Michigan LANE EVANS, Illinois FRANK D. RIGGS. California RICHARD J. DURBIN. Illinois BILL BARRETT, Nebraska DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado (Vacancy) BILL SARPALIUS, Texas TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota BARBARA-ROSE COLLINS, Michigan JOAN KELLY HORN, Missouri JIM BACCHUS, Florida DOUGLAS "PETE" PETERSON. Florida ROBERT E. "BUD" CRAMER, JR., Alabama COMMITTEE STAFF KARABELLE PIZZIGATI,Staff Dirrctor JILL KAGAN,Deputy Staff Director CAROL M. STATUTO,Minority Deputy Staff Director rl CONTENTS Page Hearing held in Washington, DC, February 19, 1992 1 Statement of: Bauer, Gary L., president, Family Research Council, Washington, DC 116 Blankenhorn, David, president, Institute for American Values, New York, NY 142 Breglio, Vincent J., Ph.D., president, RSM, Inc., Lanham, MD 36 Duncan, Greg J., Ph.D., program director, Survey Research Center, Uni- versity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 186 Hernandez, Donald,Ph.D.,chief,Marriage and Families Statistics Branch, Population Division, Bureau 20 of the Census, U.S. Depart- ment of Commerce, Washington, DC 92 Lake, Celinda, vice president, Greenberg-Lake, Washington, DC 84 Plewes, Thomas J., Associate Commissioner for Employment and Unem- ployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Washington, DC 105 Rector, Robert, policy analyst for Family and Welfare Issues, The Herit- age Foundation, Washington, DC 15:3 Rockefeller, Hon. John D., IV, a U.S. Senator in Congress from the State of West Virginia; Chairman, National Commission on Children, Wash- ington, DC 9 Weitz, Judith, KIDS COUNT Coordinator, the Center for the Study of Social Policy, Washington, DC 178 Zimbler, Jason, Nickelodeon Show "Clarissa Explains It All", New York, NY 17 Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, et cetera: Archer, William R. III, M.D., response to a request from Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder concerning the evaluation of the Title X Family Planning and the Title XX Adolescent Family Life Program. 256 Bauer, Gary L., president, Family Research Council, Washington, DC, prepared statement of 119 Bilirakis, Hon. Michael, a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida, prepared statement of 8 Blankenhorn, David, president, Institute for American Values, New York, NY, prepared statement of 146 Breglio, Vincent J., Ph.D.; president, RSM, Inc., Lanham, MD, prepared statement of 42 Duncan, Greg J., Ph.D., Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI: Prepared statement of 189 Response to questions posed by Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder 273 Hernandez, Donald, Ph.D., chief, Marriage and Family Statistics Branch, Population Division, Bureau 20 of the census, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC: Prepared statement of 95 Response to questions posed by Congressman Frank R. Wolf 252 Lake, Celinda, vice president, Greenberg-Lake, Washington, DC: Prepared statement of 87 Response of Celinda Lake to David Blankenhorn's Testimony 240 Mc Ewen, Hon. Bob, a Representative in Congress from the State of Ohio, opening statement of 8 Mc Naught, Frances C., letter to Hon. Patricia Schroeder, dated March 5, 1992, enclosing response to questions asked of Labor Statistics Associ- ate Commissioner Tom Plewes 219 M I BEST COPY AMILITILE Iv Page Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, et ceteraContinued Plewes, Thomas J., associate commissioner for Employment and Unem- ployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Depart- ment of Labor, Washington, DC: Prepared statement of 107 Response to questions posed by Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder, and Congressman Bob Mc Ewen 211 Response to questions posed by Congressman Frank Wolf 212 Rector, Robert, policy analyst for Family and Welfare Issues, The Herit- age Foundation, Washington, DC, prepared statement of 157 Rockefeller, Senator John D., IV, a U.S. Senator in Congress from the State of West Virginia, and chairman, National Commission on Chil- dren, Washington, DC, prepared statement of 13 Schroeder, Hon. Patricia, a Representative in Congress from the State of Colorado and chairwoman, Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: "America's Families: Conditions, Trends, Hopes and Fears" a fact sheet 4 Letter to Donald J. Hernandez, Ph.D., dated March 10, 1992, request- ing answers to questions posed by Congressman Frank Wolf 250 Letter to Greg J. Duncan, Ph.D., dated March 10, 1992, requesting answers to questions posed by Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder 271 Letter to Judith Weitz, dated March 11, 1992, requesting a comment on statement of David Blankenhorn 207 Letter to Thomas J. Plewes, dated March 10, 1992, requesting an- swers to questions posed by Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder 208 Letter to Dr. Wren Archer, dated March 11, 1992, regarding a re- quest from Congressman Bob Mc Ewen, in preparing a statement for the record regarding teen pregnancies 255 Opening statement of 2 Weitz, Judith H., KIDS COUNT Coordinator, Center for the Study of Social Policy, Washington, DC, prepared statement of 180 Wolf, Hon. Frank, a Representative in Congress from the State of Virgin- ia, and Ranking Minority Member, requesting a response from Bureau of Labor Statistics Associate Commissioner Tom Plewes 209 Zimbler, Jason, New York, NY, prepared statement of 21 "AMERICA'S FAMILIES: CONDITIONS, TRENDS, HOPES AND FEARS" WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1992 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SELECT COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN, YOUTH,AND FAMILIES, Washington, DC. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 2222, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Patricia Schroeder, [chairwoman of the committee] presiding. Members