Center for Family & Demographic Research
The Center for Family and Demographic Research (CFDR) is an NIH-funded population research center dedicated to research, training, and service in demography. The CFDR integrates demographic methods, data, and perspectives with other social scientific approaches to understand the well-being of children and families. A special focus of research by CFDR affiliates addresses the public health and social problems facing at-risk children, adolescents, and families.
CFDR Director Wendy Manning Delivers Presidential Address at the PAA Meeting
Dr. Wendy Manning, Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology, Director of the CFDR, and 2018 President of the Population Association of America (PAA) delivered her presidential address, "Young Adult Relationships in an Era of Uncertainty: A Case for Cohabitation" during the PAA annual meeting in Denver. "The growth in non-marital childbearing in the US has been due to the increase in childbearing in cohabitating relationships, not from single mothers," said Manning. Read More
New Publications
- Fettro, Nomaguchi. "Spousal Problems and Family-to-Work Conflict Among Employed Adults." Journal of Family and Economic Issues.
- Stykes. "Methodological Considerations in Couples' Fertility Intentions: Missing Men and the Viability of Women's Proxy Reports." Maternal and Child Health Journal.
- Manning, Longmore, Giordano. "Cohabitation and Intimate Partner Violence during Emerging Adulthood: High Constraints and Low Commitment." Journal of Family Issues.
- Guzzo. "Marriage and Dissolution Among Women’s Cohabitations: Variations by Stepfamily Status and Shared Childbearing." Journal of Family Issues.
- Lin, Wu. “Intergenerational Transfer and Reporting Bias: An Application of the MIMIC Model.” The Journals of Gerontology, Series B.
- Lin, Brown, Cupka. "A National Portrait of Stepfamilies in Later Life." The Journals of Gerontology: Series B.
- Joyner, Manning, Bogle. "Gender and the Stability of Same-Sex and Different-Sex Relationships Among Young Adults." Demography.
- Copp, Giordano, Longmore, Manning. "Living with Parents and Emerging Adults' Depressive Symptoms." Journal of Family Issues.
New Publications
- Stykes. "Methodological Considerations in Couples' Fertility Intentions: Missing Men and the Viability of Women's Proxy Reports." Maternal and Child Health Journal.
- Manning, Longmore, Giordano. "Cohabitation and Intimate Partner Violence during Emerging Adulthood: High Constraints and Low Commitment." Journal of Family Issues.
- Guzzo. "Marriage and Dissolution Among Women’s Cohabitations: Variations by Stepfamily Status and Shared Childbearing." Journal of Family Issues.
- Lin, Wu. “Intergenerational Transfer and Reporting Bias: An Application of the MIMIC Model.” The Journals of Gerontology, Series B.
- Lin, Brown, Cupka. "A National Portrait of Stepfamilies in Later Life." The Journals of Gerontology: Series B.
- Joyner, Manning, Bogle. "Gender and the Stability of Same-Sex and Different-Sex Relationships Among Young Adults." Demography.
- Copp, Giordano, Longmore, Manning. "Living with Parents and Emerging Adults' Depressive Symptoms." Journal of Family Issues.
- Copp, Giordano, Manning, Longmore. "Gender Mistrust and Intimate Partner Violence During Adolescence and Young Adulthood." Journal of Family Issues.
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