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MASTER_DATA_TRACKER

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MORAL_DECAY_MASTER_DATA_TRACKER

= DECADE COVERAGE STATUS =

DECADE,PAPER_STATUS,FAMILY,SEXUALITY,EDUCATION,ECONOMIC,MEDIA,RELIGIOUS,SOCIAL_PATH,INSTITUTIONAL_TRUST,NOTES 1900-1909,MISSING,PARTIAL,PARTIAL,NO,NO,PARTIAL,NO,NO,PARTIAL,“Data exists scattered - needs consolidation into paper” 1910-1919,MISSING,NO,PARTIAL,NO,NO,PARTIAL,NO,NO,PARTIAL,“Prohibition data exists - needs expansion” 1920-1929,MISSING,PARTIAL,PARTIAL,NO,NO,PARTIAL,NO,NO,PARTIAL,“Jazz Age - data scattered” 1930-1939,PARTIAL,NO,NO,NO,PARTIAL,PARTIAL,NO,NO,PARTIAL,“Age of Collective Security paper exists” 1940-1949,MISSING,NO,NO,NO,NO,NO,NO,NO,NO,“PRIORITY - BASELINE DECADE - NO DATA” 1950-1959,COMPLETE,PARTIAL,PARTIAL,PARTIAL,PARTIAL,PARTIAL,PARTIAL,PARTIAL,PARTIAL,“Fissure in Conformity paper exists” 1960-1967,COMPLETE,PARTIAL,PARTIAL,PARTIAL,PARTIAL,PARTIAL,PARTIAL,PARTIAL,PARTIAL,“The Unraveling paper exists” 1968-1973,COMPLETE,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,“SMOKING GUN - FULLY DOCUMENTED” 1974-1989,MISSING,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,“Domain data exists - needs decade papers” 1990-1999,MISSING,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,“Domain data exists - needs decade papers” 2000-2009,MISSING,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,“Domain data exists - needs decade papers” 2010-2019,MISSING,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,“Domain data exists - needs decade papers” 2020-2025,MISSING,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,YES,“Domain data exists - needs decade papers”

= KEY STATISTICS EXTRACTED =

METRIC,BASELINE_YEAR,BASELINE_VALUE,INFLECTION_YEAR,INFLECTION_VALUE,CURRENT_YEAR,CURRENT_VALUE,SOURCE Unmarried Adults (30-39),%,1960,15%,1973,~20%,2020,46%,Pew/Census Non-Marital Birth Rate (White),%,1965,3.1%,1973,~8%,1990,18%,CDC Divorce Rate,per 1000,1960,2.2,1973,4.3,2020,2.3,Census (but marriage rate collapsed) Church Attendance,Weekly %,1958,49%,1973,~40%,2023,<30%,Gallup Government Trust,%,1958,73%,1974,55%,2024,<20%,Pew Playboy Circulation,millions,1960,1.1,1972,7.0,2020,0 (digital),Wikipedia Christian Identification,%,1973,87%,2000,~75%,2023,45%,Gallup Abortion Rate,per 1000 women 15-44,Pre-1973,unknown,1973,17,1975,18,Guttmacher/CDC Legal Abortions,count,Pre-1973,unknown,1973,615831,-,-,CDC Violent Crime Rate,per 100k,1960,5.1,1980,10.2,-,-,FBI UCR Depression Rates,%,1960,1-2%,-,-,2023,21%,Various Union Membership,%,1954,34.8%,-,-,2023,10.1%,BLS SAT Verbal Scores,points,1963,478,-,-,2023,408,College Board

= CRITICAL GAPS REQUIRING DEEP RESEARCH =

PRIORITY 1 - BASELINE DECADE (1940-1949)

  • ALL DOMAINS MISSING
  • This is the high-water mark of American coherence
  • Need: Marriage/divorce rates, church attendance, crime rates, trust metrics, media standards, education stats
  • Run Deep Research with 1940s prompt IMMEDIATELY

PRIORITY 2 - PRE-BASELINE DECADES

  • 1920-1929: Jazz Age transformation data needed
  • 1900-1919: Progressive Era baseline data needed
  • Focus: What did America look like BEFORE the drift began?

PRIORITY 3 - POST-INFLECTION DECADE PAPERS

  • 1974-1989: Domain data EXISTS but no narrative paper
  • 1990-1999: Domain data EXISTS but no narrative paper
  • 2000-2025: Domain data EXISTS but no narrative paper
  • These can be generated from existing domain sheets

= DEEP RESEARCH PROMPTS NEEDED =

  1. “1940-1949 American Moral Baseline Statistics” - CRITICAL

    • Marriage rates, divorce rates, birth rates
    • Church attendance (peak ~49% weekly)
    • Crime statistics pre-spike
    • Trust in institutions (pre-polling era - need proxies)
    • Media content standards (Hays Code at full strength)
    • Educational metrics

  2. “1920-1929 American Cultural Transformation Statistics”

    • Prohibition enforcement/violation data
    • Divorce rate trends
    • Church attendance changes
    • Early radio/film impact
    • Flapper culture metrics

  3. “1900-1919 Progressive Era Moral Baseline”

    • Pre-modern baseline metrics
    • Comstock law enforcement
    • Immigration impact on moral consensus
    • Temperance movement data

= DOMAIN COVERAGE MATRIX (1968-1973 INFLECTION) =

From existing docs, confirmed data points for smoking gun period:

FAMILY_STRUCTURE: ✓ 1969 California No-Fault Divorce (Reagan signed) ✓ 1972 Eisenstadt v. Baird (contraception to unmarried) ✓ 1973 Roe v. Wade (abortion legalized) ✓ Divorce rate spike 1968-1973 ✓ Non-marital birth rate trajectory ✓ Unmarried adult rate (15% → 46%)

INSTITUTIONAL_TRUST: ✓ 1958 baseline: 73% trust government ✓ 1974 post-Watergate: 55% trust ✓ 18-point drop 1970-1974 documented ✓ Church trust declining

MEDIA_CULTURE: ✓ 1968 Hays Code collapse → MPAA ratings ✓ 1971 All in the Family language breach ✓ 1972 Deep Throat (pornography mainstream) ✓ Playboy 1.1M (1960) → 7M (1972)

RELIGIOUS_AUTHORITY: ✓ Church attendance declining from 49% (1958) ✓ 1973 DSM removes homosexuality ✓ Christian ID 87% (1973) → 45% (2023)

LEGAL_TRANSFORMATION: ✓ 1969 No-fault divorce ✓ 1972 Eisenstadt v. Baird ✓ 1973 Roe v. Wade ✓ 1973 Miller Test (local community standards) ✓ Every state adopted no-fault by 1985

= NEXT ACTIONS =

  1. Run Deep Research: 1940-1949 baseline (PROMPT READY)
  2. Run Deep Research: 1920-1929 data
  3. Run Deep Research: 1900-1919 data
  4. Generate decade papers from existing 1974-2025 domain data
  5. Build visual timeline/charts from compiled statistics

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