Awardees

The NCFMR, contracting with Knowledge Networks, provided four research groups an opportunity to empirically measure and examine how families respond to financial strain, using a large, web-based household survey.  Data collection was completed in September 2009, and the data are now available for public use via the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)

How the Family Responds to Economic Pressure: A Comparative Study

• Frank Furstenberg, Anne Gauthier, and Shelley Pacholok, Co-PIs
  University of Pennsylvania, Department of Sociology,
  University of Calgary, Department of Sociology
  University of British Columbia, Unit 6/Sociology

The Financial Management Behaviors Scale

• Jeffrey Dew and Jing Jian Xiao, Co-PIs
  Utah State University, Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development
  The University of Rhode Island,  Department of Human Development and Family Studies

Doubling Up When Times Are Tough: Obligations to Share a Home in Response to Economic Hardship

• Judith Seltzer and Suzanne Bianchi, Co-PIs
  Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles

"It's All Your Fault": Predictors and Implications of Blame in Couples Under Economic Strain

• Lisa Diamond and Angela Hicks, Co-PIs
  University of Utah, Department of Psychology
  Westminster College, Department of Psychology