Center for Family and Demographic Research

Research Projects

ADOLESCENCE:

Interracial Social Relations in Adolescence and Adulthood

The Social World of Adolescent Relationships

Somali Refugees in Columbus and Toronto

UNION FORMATION AND DISSOLUTION:

Antecedents and Consequences of Middle and Later Life Divorce

Cohabitation and Marriage

Cohabitation Over the Life Course

Healthy Marriages/Healthy Relationships Evaluation

DELINQUENCY and VIOLENCE:

Columbia County Longitudinal Study

Desistance from Crime & Anti-Social Behavior

Exposure to Conflict and Violence across Contexts: Relations to Adjustment among Palestinian Children

Life Course, Relationship, and Situational Contexts of Teen Dating Violence

Violence and Delinquency in the Transition to Adulthood: The Role of Dynamic Neighborhood Contexts

HEALTH:

Active Involvement in Creating 4H Media Literacy Substance Prevention Messages

Demographic Analysis of SES Stability & Well-being among Children of Immigrants

Demographic Analysis of Low-Income Adults without Dependent Children: Implications for the Expansion of Medicaid

Distal Determinants of Race-Ethnic Variation In Unintended Fertility

Family Structure and Time Allocation: Mechanisms of Food Insecurity among Children

A Health Profile of Women, Infants and Children in Ohio

MEASUREMENT and DATA:

Add Health Wave IV Contextual Database: The Transition to Adulthood in Context

Counting Families:  Household Matrices with Multiple Family Members

PARENTING:

Nonmaternal Child Care, Role Strain, and Maternal Sensitivity in the First Three Years

Parent-Child Time Together, Social Status, and the Well-being of Children and Adolescents

Parenting and Well-Being

The Perceived Sanctification of Marriage, Pregnancy, and the Transition to Parenthood

The Timing and Circumstances of the Transition to Fatherhood