THIS STATEMENT comes from a team of family scholars chaired by Norval Glenn of the University of Texas, Steven Nock of the University of Virginia, and Linda Waite of the University of Chicago. The project is sponsored by Center of the American Experiment; the Coalition for Marriage, Family and Couples Education; and the Institute for American Values. The sponsors are grateful to Maggie Gallagher for her research and editorial assistance, to Arthur E. Rasmussen for helping to initiate the project, and to their respective financial contributors for their generous support.