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).

SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS
Journal of Family Theory & Review
Theorizing Singlehood
Guest Editors: Erin S. Lavender-Stott, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Susan L. Brown, and Wendy D. Manning
Submissions due: September 1, 2022

Symposium on Employment Uncertainty: Implications for Families
Friday, April 15, 2022
10:00 am -2:30 pm ET
Online via Zoom
Summer Workshops
Key Stata Commands for Constructing Variables
Instructor: Hsueh-Sheng Wu
Monday, July 11, 1:00-2:00 pm
CFDR Conference Room, 7C Williams Hall and Zoom
Peggy Giordano Wins 2022 Stockholm Prize in Criminology
The 2022 Stockholm Prize in Criminology has been awarded to Peggy Giordano and Francis T. Cullen for their theoretical and policy research showing the effectiveness of offender rehabilitation strategies.
CFDR at PAA
2022 Population Association of America Annual Meeting
Atlanta, Georgia
April 6-9, 2022
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CFDR Grants
- Wendy Manning and Karen Guzzo
U.S. Fertility and the Pandemic: Changing Fertility Plans in an Era of Uncertainty and Stress
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development - Kelly Balistreri
2021 Ohio Medicaid Assessment Survey
Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center - Peggy Giordano
RAPID: The Coronavirus Pandemic: Predictors and Consequences of Compliance with Social Distancing Recommendations
National Science Foundation
- Susan Brown and I-Fen Lin
Health and Well-being Effects on Later-life Divorce and Subsequent Repartnering
National Institute on Aging - Eric Dubow
Exposure to Violence and Subsequent Weapons Use: Mediating and Moderating Processes
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
New Publications
- Yahirun, Sheehan & Mossakowski, “Black-White Differences in the Association Between Offspring College Attainment and Parents’ Depressive Symptoms.” Research on Aging.
- Balistreri, “Older Adults and the Food Security Infrastructure.” Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy.
- King, Manning, Longmore & Giordano. "The Relationship Between Medical Diagnoses, Risk Perceptions, and Social Distancing Compliance: An Analysis of Data from the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study." Ohio Public Journal of Health.
- Hays, Guzzo. “Does Sibling Composition in Childhood Contribute to Adult Fertility Behaviors?” Journal of Marriage and Family.
- Boman, Mowen. "Global Crime Trends During COVID-19." Nature Human Behaviour.
- Watkins, Carson. "Gang Membership, Gender, and Sexual Behavior In and Outside a Romantic Relationship." Sociological Spectrum.
Updated: 06/21/2022 10:26AM