| ACF |
|
Administration on Children and Families |
| Add Health |
|
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health |
| AE |
|
abstinence education |
| BSF |
|
Building Strong Families (program) |
| CDC |
|
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CE |
|
character education |
| D.A.R.E. |
|
Drug Abuse Resistance Education |
| DEARR |
|
Development of Early Adult Romantic Relationships |
| DHHS |
|
Department of Health and Human Services |
| DRA |
|
divorce-registration area |
| FACS |
|
Family and Consumer Sciences |
| HIV |
|
human immunodeficiency virus |
| MRA |
|
marriage-registration area |
| MTF |
|
Monitoring the Future |
| NLSY |
|
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth |
| NSAM |
|
National Survey of Adolescent Males |
| NSFG |
|
National Survey of Family Growth |
| NSFH |
|
National Survey of Families and Households |
| PREP |
|
Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program |
| PRWORA |
|
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act |
| RME |
|
Relationship and Marriage Education |
| SHM |
|
Supporting Healthy Marriages |
| STDs |
|
sexually transmitted diseases |
| TANF |
|
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families |
| YRBS |
|
Youth Risk Behavior Survey |
