Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study
Researchers at Princeton University, Columbia University, Rutgers University, and the University of Michigan received a grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD 1R01HD103669) to study the third generation of participants of the Fragile Familie
Sara McLanahan, the William S. Tod Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs and Founding PI of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, is retiring this spring. Please join us in celebrating the many accomplishments and contributions of Dr. McLanahan!
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.
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FF Working Group
"Racial Disparities in Disability Diagnoses Among the FF Teens"
Thu, Sep 30, 2021, 12:00 pm
Speaker(s):
Amanda Geller
"Health Impacts of Witnessed Police Stops Among Youth"
Thu, Oct 14, 2021, 12:00 pm
Speaker(s):
Dylan Jackson
Alex Testa
"Understanding Black Families’ Income Heterogeneity: Family Structure, Education, and Racialized Space"
Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 12:00 pm
Speaker(s):
Deadric Williams
Regina Baker
"Contextual Factors Related to Child Maltreatment Across Stages of Child Development"
Thu, Dec 2, 2021, 12:00 pm
Speaker(s):
Katie Maguire-Jack
Susan Yoon
Yujeong Chang
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FFCWS in the News
Researchers at Princeton University, Columbia University, Rutgers University, and the University of Michigan received a grant from the...
Sara McLanahan, the William S. Tod Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs and Founding PI of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, is...
A core strength of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study is its significant representation of Black and Latinx families.
