Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study
A core strength of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study is its significant representation of Black and Latinx families. Many researchers have used these data to study the impacts of mass incarceration, police contact, and school discipline, which disproportionately affect communities of color.
Researchers at Princeton University’s Department of Molecular Biology and the Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing (CRCW) will receive a $9-million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s
Recent publications using the Fragile Families & Child Wellbeing data provide a family-wide view of the effects of parental incarceration on child behavior, family dynamics and and child support, as well as the effects of police contact on child health.
If hundreds of scientists created predictive algorithms with high-quality data, how well would the best predict life outcomes? Not very well.
A new Index of Deep Disadvantage seeks to unpack poverty beyond income-based measures to other dimensions of disadvantage, including health and social mobility.
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FF Working Group
Health Shocks and Housing Hardships in American Children
Thu, Sep 24, 2020, 12:00 pm
Speaker(s):
Sarah Gold
Brandon Wagner
The Long-Run Economic Burden of Postpartum Depression on Women: A Longitudinal Study
Thu, Oct 15, 2020, 12:00 pm
Speaker(s):
Slawa Rokicki
Mark E. McGovern
Annette Von Jaglinsky
Nancy Reichman
“That’s Real Love”: Stepfather Advantage Among Disadvantaged Families
Thu, Oct 22, 2020, 12:00 pm
Speaker(s):
Rachel Brown-Weinstock
Sarah Gold
Kathy Edin
Timothy Nelson
States’ Earned Income Tax Credits and Nonresident Fathers’ Material Contributions to their Children
Thu, Oct 29, 2020, 12:00 pm
Speaker(s):
Alexandra Haralampoudis
Lenna Nepomnyaschy
Dan Miller
Maureen Waller
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A core strength of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study is its significant representation of Black and Latinx families.
Recent publications using the Fragile Families & Child Wellbeing data provide a family-wide view of the effects of parental incarceration on...
