Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study

Spotlight on Mass Incarceration, Police Contact, and School Discipline

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.

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Princeton to Lead Multi-Institution Clinical Study Examining Genetic and Social Determinants of Heart Health in Disadvantaged Children

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

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Spotlight on FFCWS and Incarceration Research

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.

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Fragile Families Challenge Mass Collaboration Paper Published

If hundreds of scientists created predictive algorithms with high-quality data, how well would the best predict life outcomes? Not very well.

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New index ranks America’s 100 most disadvantaged communities

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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