> The traditionally conservative regions you tell me have different values besides abstinence as well.
When we look at the dominant religion in those regions I was referring to, we see that Islam places strict guidelines on sexual relationships. So there is a strong causal relationship there. Furthermore, to your point, Islam does promote strong family relationships which can also strongly reduce the problem of single family households. Those two factors are not contradictory.
> Also, it would not explain the difference between Europe and the US
Looking at the map, the vast majority of Europe is still in the orange shade, compared to the heavily blue shade of the countries I'm referring to.
Re-read my post. I said that Islam restricts sexual relationships (abstinence) in addition to promoting family relationships.
Furthermore, there's the fallacy of looking at how Christianity failed in the West, then people generalizing that abstinence doesn't work as I described in my other post.
When we look at the dominant religion in those regions I was referring to, we see that Islam places strict guidelines on sexual relationships. So there is a strong causal relationship there. Furthermore, to your point, Islam does promote strong family relationships which can also strongly reduce the problem of single family households. Those two factors are not contradictory.
> Also, it would not explain the difference between Europe and the US
Looking at the map, the vast majority of Europe is still in the orange shade, compared to the heavily blue shade of the countries I'm referring to.