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Stafford, Schoeni, and Chen find many Americans making little headway against debt
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Johnston says decline in perceived risk contributes to rise in marijuana use among teens
Patrick calls increase in newborns undergoing drug withdrawal a public health epidemic
Danziger discusses use of IRS data in trend analyses of income distribution
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Research Professor position in international family demography, PSC/SRC
Pamela Smock elected president of the Association of Population Centers
Elisha Renne awarded Guggenheim Fellowship for African studies
Bob Groves leaving Census Bureau for Georgetown University
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Frank P. Stafford
Affiliated Programs:
Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) (NIA)
Funded Research:
Disability, Time Use, and Well-Being Among Middle Aged and Older Married Couples (Survey Research Center)
Economic Status, Health, and Well-Being Over the Life Course and Across Generations (NIA)
Health, Wealth, and Pensions Over the Life Course in a Long Panel (NIA)
Health, Wealth, and Wellbeing over the Life Course and Across Generations (NIA)
Philanthropy Supplement - 2008 Data Collection (Wave 36) (Indiana University)
Research Affiliate, Population Studies Center.
Research Professor, Survey Research Center.
Professor, Economics Department.
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Active research areas include issues of time allocation, the economics of childcare, and cross-national comparative studies on the role of information technology. Other research interests include family decisions about wealth, pensions, and savings as they relate to individual mental and physical health through time.
Recent Publications
Books
Belli, R., Frank P. Stafford, and Duane Alwin. 2009. Calendar and time diary : methods in life course research. Los Angeles: Sage.
Journal Articles
Freedman, Vicki, Frank P. Stafford, Norbert Schwarz, Frederick G. Conrad, and Jennifer C. Cornman. 2012. "Disability, participation, and subjective wellbeing among older couples." Social Science & Medicine, 74(4): 588-596. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Gouskova, Elena, Ngina Chiteji, and Frank P. Stafford. 2010. "Pension Participation: Do Parents Transmit Time Preference?" Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 31(2): 138-150. DOI. Abstract.
Gouskova, E., N. Chiteji, and Frank P. Stafford. 2010. "Estimating the intergenerational persistence of lifetime earnings with life course matching: Evidence from the PSID." Labour Economics, 17(3): 592-597. DOI. Abstract.
Stafford, Frank P. 2009. "Emerging Modes of Timeline Data Collection: Event History Calendar Time Diary and Methods." Social Indicators Research, 93(1): 69-76. DOI.
Grafova, Irina B., and Frank P. Stafford. 2009. "The Wage effects of personal smoking history." Industrial & Labor Relations Review, 26(3): 381-393. Abstract. Local Access.
Davis, M.M., K. McGonagle, Robert F. Schoeni, and Frank P. Stafford. 2008. "Grandparental and parental obesity influences on childhood overweight: implications for primary care practice." Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine: JABFM, 21(6): 549-54. DOI. Abstract.
Chapters
Stafford, Frank P. 2010. "Panel Surveys: Conducting Surveys Over Time." In Handbook of Survey Research, Second Edition edited by Peter V. Marsden and James D. Wright. Bingley, UK : Emerald. Abstract.
Belli, R., Frank P. Stafford, and Duane Alwin. 2009. "The Application of Calendar and Time Diary Methods in the Collection of Life Course Data." In Calendar and time diary : methods in life course research edited by Belli, Robert F., Stafford, Frank P., Alwin, Duane F.. Lost Angeles: Sage.
Stafford, Frank P. 2009. "Timeline Data Collection and Analysis: Time Diary and Event History Calendar Methods." In Calendar and time diary : methods in life course research edited by Belli, Robert F., Stafford, Frank P., Alwin, Duane F.. Los Angeles: Sage.