Family Formation, Fertility, and Children

Since 1955, when the Center's founder, Ronald Freedman, directed the first national survey of fertility behavior in the U.S. (the Growth of American Families Study), Michigan established itself as a demographic research center devoted to the study of fertility and the family via the collection of primary data. Today our researchers continue this tradition. They have been instrumental in creating large-scale data collections such as the Intergenerational Panel Study of Parents and Children, the National Survey of Gamily Growth, and the Child Development Supplement to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. And they have led the field in the analysis of national and international data in the research areas listed below.

Funded Research and Affiliated Programs

A Study of Adolescent Substance Abuse Policies and Programs (ASAPP) (Johnston)

An Examination of the Social and Cultural Influences on Adolescent Literacy Motivation and Development

Cape Area Panel Study (Lam)

Cyclical, Intergenerational and Life Course Measures of Economics and Social Behavior: The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) (Stafford)

Enhancing the PSID Child Development Supplement (Stafford)

Families, Communities and Youth Outcomes in South Africa (Lam)

Family Support and Rapid Social Change in South Africa (Lam)

Identity and Activities (Eccles)

Immigrant Elders: Living Arrangements, 1850-2000 (Gutmann)

Michigan Historical Demography Workshop (Alter)

National Survey of Family Growth (Cycles 6-8) (Groves)

National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) (Groves)

Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) (Stafford)

Parental Unions, Parental Transfers and Child Well-Being (Ono)

Past Socioeconomic Status and Birth Outcomes

Population Studies Center Infrastructure Grant (Thornton)

Preventing Child Neglect in High Risk Mothers

Risk and Promotive Effects on Adolescence Development (Eccles)

Survey Research Center (SRC) (Groves)

The Meaning of Cohabiting Unions in the U.S. (Smock)

Widowhood, Divorce and Loss of Health Insurance Among Near Elderly Women: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study (Coverage Research Initiative) (Weir)


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Recent resources, events, news

New Publications

Bingenheimer & Geronimus, "Behavior & HIV"

Wildeman, "Imprisonment & Infant Mortality," PSC Research Report

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Arland Thornton & Barb Koremenos
Mobilizing for Human Rights
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