Narayan Sastry

Narayan Sastry

Research Professor, Population Studies Center.
Associate Director, Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Institute for Social Research.
Research Professor, Survey Research Center.
Ph.D., Demography and Public Affairs, Princeton University
Research Interests:  Dr. Sastry’s research interests center on studying the social and spatial dimensions of health, development, and well-being of children and adolescents, both in the United States and in less developed countries.

Select Projects

Long-Term Mobility and Wellbeing of New Orleans Residents after Hurricane Katrina (NICHD)

Transitions from Preschool through High School: Family, Schools & Neighborhoods (NICHD)

Understanding the interplay of genes and environments in U.S. families to improve child health: Evidence from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (RWJ)

Consortium on Data for Development (Gates Foundation)

A New Public Data Archive for the PSID Child Development Supplement (NICHD)

Children's Health and Migration (NICHD)

Continuity and Change in American Economic and Social Life: The PSID 2017 - 2020 (NSF)

Panel Study of Income Dynamics - 2017 Philanthropy Module (Wave 40) and CDS 2014 (Templeton, John)

Genotyping the Child Development Supplement to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID-CDS) (Russell Sage Foundation)

Transitions from Preschool through High School: Family, Schools & Neighborhoods - Administrative Supplement (NICHD)

Life Course Research Network (LCRN) Panel Studies of Income Dynamics (PSID) Usergroup (HRSA)

Family Complexity, Resources, and the Transition to Adulthood (NICHD)

Family Dynamics, Fertility, and Investments in Children Across Generations-Administrative Supplement (NICHD)

Transition to Adulthood within its Life Course & Intergenerational Family Context (NICHD)

Family Dynamics, Fertility, and Investments in Children Across Generations (NICHD)

Disparities in Recovery from Hurricane Katrina: KATRINA@10: RP4 (NICHD)

PSID, CDS, and TA: Data Enhancements and User Training, Support, and Outreach (NICHD)

Transitions from Preschool through High School: Family, Schools & Neighborhoods-Administrative Supplement (NICHD)

L.A.FANS Integrated User Training and Support (NICHD)

Transitions from Preschool through High School: Family, Schools & Neighborhoods (NICHD)

The Transition from Childhood into Adulthood among PSID Children, 2013 and 2015 (NICHD)

Family Dynamics, Fertility, and Investments in Children Across Generations (NICHD)


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