National Poll Shows Very Strong Support for Bush Pro-Marriage -5/8/02

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subject: National Poll Shows Strong Support for Bush Pro-Marriage -5/8/02

from: Smart Marriages

Polling Questions on Marriage and Children
from a Opinion Research Corporation Survey
May 3, 2002

Based on a nationally representative sample of 1016 adults living in the
continental U.S.

Question 
Thinking about children in low-income single parent households, how
important do you think it is for their overall well-being that their parents
get and stay married?  Would you say it isŠ

Very Important          --  67%
Somewhat important      --  19%
Not too important      --   5%
Not at all important    --  4%
Don¹t know                --   4%

Question
Would you favor or oppose pilot programs to help reduce the number of
children born outside of marriage by referring interested couples to
marriage education and preparation programs?  Would youŠ

Strongly favor      --   55%
Somewhat favor      --  30%
Somewhat oppose     --   6%
Strongly oppose     --   5%
Don¹t know           --   4%

Question 
Would you favor or oppose pilot programs to help reduce the number of
children born outside of marriage by educating teens on the importance of
waiting for marriage?  Would youŠ.

Strongly favor       --   62%
Somewhat favor      --   23%
Somewhat oppose     --   5%
Strongly oppose     --   5%
Don¹t know           --   5%

Question 
Thinking about teen pregnancy prevention programs, some say programs should
educate teens on the importance of waiting until teens are older to have a
child.  Others say programs should educate teens on the importance of
waiting for marriage.  Which do you think is more important?  Do you think
government-funded programs should Š

Educate teens to postpone pregnancy until they are older?   -- 18%

Educate teens to postpone pregnancy until they are married  -- 32%

Emphasize both programs equally                              --43%

Don¹t know                                                  --  6%


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