religionocity. marriage. in 1960, just about everybody was married. and bill mott is about 94% in this town that was about 84%, but it was the overwhelming norman would cases, and almost all children in both, well over 90%, were born to unmarried parents. in belmont, both of those statements remain true. there's been little deterioration during the 1970's and into the early 80's but a lot of the mid-80's it stabilized and so since the mid 80's we've been about 84% of this population ages 30 to 49. and fish town, plummeted. in 2010, white ages 30 to 49 in fishtown, 48% married. about one-third of all males in that age group have never been married. it is a fundamental change in the central social institution. in terms of children born to unmarried women, which may remains about the same as belmont, and fishtown, on the of the 45 to 50% of all children are now born out of wedlock. those recent data that i have for 2008 and by this time i'm pretty sure it's over 50%. in 1960 almost all adult males in b

avoiding phoney religionocity, listening to him. this is especially important right now when we're facing big challenges as a nation. our economy is making progress as we recover from the worst crisis in three generations but far too many families are still struggling to find work or make the mortgage and pay for college or in some cases even buy food. our men and women in uniform have made us safer and more secure and we are eternally grateful to them. but war and suffering and hardships still remain in too many corners of the globe. and a lot of those men and women who we celebrate on veterans day an find that when it comes to finding a job or getting the kind of care that they need, we're not always there the way we need to be. it's absolutely true that meeting these challenges requires sound decision making, requires smart policies. we know the part of living in a pluralistic society means that our personal religious beliefs alone can't dictate our response to every challenge we face. but in my moments of prayer, i'm reminded th

avoiding phoney religionocity, listening to him. this is especially important right now when we're facing big challenges as a nation. our economy is making progress as we recover from the worst crisis in three generations but far too many families are still struggling to find work or make the mortgage and pay for college or in some cases even buy food. our men and women in uniform have made us safer and more secure and we are eternally grateful to them. but war and suffering and hardships still remain in too many corners of the globe. and a lot of those men and women who we celebrate on veterans day and memorial day come back and find that when it comes to finding a job or getting the kind of care that they need, we're not always there the way we need to be. it's absolutely true that meeting these challenges requires sound decision making, requires smart policies. we know the part of living in a pluralistic society means that our personal religious beliefs alone can't dictate our response to every challenge we face. but in my moment

. >> religionocity is supposed to be the white working class that are strongly religious.t's been going down for both groups but you still have a solid core in the upper middle class and you don't in the white working class. >> you have these cultural inequalities that are graphic and easy to see but really at the core, the amount of money people make. >> no, i don't think so. >> no. >> talk a little bit about the financial inequality. >> i think that economic inequality is a red herring because when we talk about the collapse of marriage, when we talk about 1 out of 8 white working class guys not even looking for work before the recession, i'm talking about what happened during the boom years when you have that kind of dropout from the labor force. you're talking about fundamental changes in the community. about the way the community works and you're talking about fundamental sources of human satisfaction. so when you see these cultural changes going on, whether you're making $1,000 or $2,000 more or less than you did a couple of years ago is not nearly as important as th