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.

The Center for Family and Demographic Research at Bowling Green State University has core funding from The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (P2CHD050959).

The Bowling Green State University Department of Sociology invites applications for a tenure-track position in the area of demography. Starting date is August 2023. Click here for more information.

Drug Overdoses May Drive Death Rate Rise Among Recently Pregnant U.S. Women
Drug- and alcohol-related death rates among pregnant and recently pregnant American women increased sharply between 2015 and 2019, faster than among women of childbearing age in general. (Pennsylvania State University; University of Maryland; University of California, Los Angeles; and Bowling Green State University)