
The Bendheim Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing (CRCW) is an interdisciplinary center at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Office of Population Research. It aims to stimulate basic research, educate faculty and students about issues related to children's policies, and influence policymakers and practitioners at the federal, state, and local levels.

Maternal depression and childhood health inequalities (August 2010) More+
Should We Get Married? The Effect of Parents’’ Marriage on Out-of-Wedlock Children (July 2010) More+
Mental Illness as a Risk Factor for Uninsurance Among Mothers of Infants (July 2010) More+
Chronic and Proximate Depression among Mothers: Implications for Child well-being (June 2010) More+
Housing insecurity among urban fathers (May 2010) More+
Multi-partnered fertility and mental health among fragile families (May 2010) More+
Children in fragile families (May 2010) More+
How representative are the fragile families study families?: A comparison of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort and Fragile Families samples (May 2010) More+
Mothers' repartnering after a nonmarital birth (May 2010) More+
"Coparenting in fragile families" (April 2010) More+
Familial instability and young children's physical health (April 2010) More+
Neighborhood context, poverty, and urban children's outdoor play (April 2010) More+
Low income fathers' access to health insurance (April 2010) More+
CPS involvement with families with social fathers (April 2010) More+
Parental Incarceration, Child Homeless, and the Invisable Consequences of Mass Imprisoment (November 2009) More+
Poverty, Hardship and Depression (November 2009) More+
Parental incarceration, children's school readiness and intervention needs (November 2009) More+
Economic Trajectories in Non-Traditional Families with Children (September 2009) More+
Maintaining Work: The Influence of Child Care Subsidies on Child Care-Related Work Disruptions (August 2009) More+
Associations among Family Environment, Attention, and School Readiness for At-Risk Children (August 2009) More+
Marriage meets the Joneses: relative income, identity and marital status (April 2009) More+
The mental health of mothers and fathers before and after cohabitation and marital dissolution (April 2009) More+
Relationship transitions and maternal parenting (February 2009) More+
Unmarried fathers' earnings trajectories: does partnership status matter? (February 2009) More+
Predictors of Homelessness and Doubling-Up Among At Risk Families (October 2008) More+
Immigration and low birthweight in the US: The role of time and timing (October 2008) More+
Predictors of homelessness and doubling-up among at risk families (August 2008) More+
Parental incarceration and child wellbeing in fragile families (May 2008) More+
The Effects of Maternal Employment on Childhood Obesity in the United States (April 2008) More+
Relationship Transitions and Maternal Parenting (April 2008) More+
Mothers' and Children's Poverty and Material Hardship in the Years Following a Non-Marital Birth (January 2008) More+
Mothers’ Residential Mobility Following the Birth of a Child (October 2007) More+
Family structure and fathers' well-being: trajectories of mental and physical health (August 2007) More+
Becoming a Dad: Employment Trajectories of Married, Cohabiting, and Non-resident Fathers (July 2007) More+
Family structures transitions and maternal parenting stress (July 2007) More+
Parents' Relationship Status Five Years After a Non-Marital Birth (June 2007) More+
Risk factors for infant asthma in susceptible families (June 2007) More+
New Estimates on the Effect of Parental Separation on Child Health (June 2007) More+
Language of Interview and the Subjectively-Rated Health of Hispanic Mothers and their Children (June 2007) More+
Incarceration, Employment, and Earnings Among Fathers in Fragile Families (May 2007) More+
Are Social Welfare Policies 'Pro-Life'? An Individual-Level Analysis of Low-Income Women (May 2007) More+
Trajectories of Couple Relationship Quality after Childbirth: Does Marriage Matter? (April 2007) More+
The Effects of Welfare and Child Support Policies on the Timing and Incidence of Marriage Following a Nonmarital Birth (April 2007) More+
Is Marriage Protective for all Children? Cumulative Risks at Birth and Subsequent Child Behavior among Urban Families (April 2007) More+
Child Support Enforcement and Fathers' Contributions to Their Nonmarital Children (April 2007) More+
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage, Residential Stability, and Perceptions of Social Support among New Mothers (March 2007) More+
Parenting Practices of Resident Fathers: The Role of Marital and Biological Ties (March 2007) More+
Bendito Amor: Religion and Relationships among Married and Unmarried Latinos in Urban America (March 2007) More+
Incarceration and Paternal Involvement among Non-resident White, African American and Latino Fathers (March 2007) More+
Father's Risk Ractors and their Involvement for Healthy Relationships and Father Involvement (February 2007) More+
His Dollar‚ Her Dollar‚ Their Dollar: The Effects of Couples' Money Management Systems on Union Dissolution and Women's Labor Force Participation (January 2007) More+
Should We Get Married? The Effect of Parents’ Marriage on Out-of-Wedlock Children (January 2007) More+
Mental Illness as a Barrier to Marriage Among Mothers With Out-of-Wedlock Births (January 2007) More+
Ending Poverty: How to Restore the American Dream (2007) More+
Good partners make good parents?: Relationship quality and parenting in two-parent families (November 2006) More+
Family structure and mental health trajectories (November 2006) More+
Together forever? Relationship dynamics and maternal investments in children's health (November 2006) More+
Effects of welfare participation on marriage (October 2006) More+
Segregation, the concentration of poverty, and birth weight (October 2006) More+
The prevalence and correlates of multipartnered fertility among urban U.S. parents (April 2006) More+
Family structure, father involvement and adolescent behavioral outcomes (March 2006) More+
Why are cohabiting relationships more violent than marriage? (March 2006) More+
The effects of health on health insurance status in Fragile Families (March 2006) More+
Child support enforcement and fathers’ contributions to their nonmarital children (March 2006) More+
Young children’s health and behavior following welfare reform (March 2006) More+
Abusive romantic relationships among adolescent and young adult mothers (February 2006) More+
More kin, less support: Multipartnered fertility and perceived support among mothers (January 2006) More+
Typically unobserved variables (TUVs) and selection into prenatal inputs: Implications for estimating infant health production functions (January 2006) More+
The effects of welfare and child support policies on maternal health (January 2006) More+
Paternal age as a risk factor for low birth weight (January 2006) More+
The prevalence and correlates of multipartnered fertility among urban U.S. parents (January 2006) More+
The labor market effects of incarceration: A propensity score analysis (January 2006) More+
Measuring cohabitation: Does how, when, and who you ask matter? (2006) More+
Fragile Families and the marriage agenda (2006) More+
Demand for illicit drugs among pregnant women (December 2005) More+
Maternal employment and teenage childbearing: Evidence from the PSID (December 2005) More+
High hopes but even higher expectations: The retreat from marriage among low-income couples (December 2005) More+
'His' and 'her' marriage expectations: Determinants and consequences (December 2005) More+
Unmarried but not absent: Fathers' involvement with children after a nonmarital birth (December 2005) More+
The power of the purse: Allocative systems and inequality in U.S. couple households (October 2005) More+
Childcare centers and inter-organisational ties in high poverty neighbourhoods (September 2005) More+
Family structure, father involvement and adolescent behavioral outcomes (September 2005) More+
Strengthening unmarried families: Could enhancing couple relationships also improve parenting? (September 2005) More+
Child gender and father involvement in Fragile Families (September 2005) More+
Child support and minority fathers in Fragile Families (July 2005) More+
Assessing parenting behaviors across racial groups: Implications for the child welfare system (July 2005) More+
Young children's behavioral problems in married and cohabiting families (June 2005) More+
A profile of the men who father children with unwed, teenage women (June 2005) More+
Cohabitation: Sharpening a fuzzy concept (May 2005) More+
On-the-job moms: Work and breastfeeding duration (March 2005) More+
Incarceration, marriage, and family life (March 2005) More+
Happily ever after? Religion, marital status, gender, and relationship quality in urban families (March 2005) More+
Child support and father-child contact: Leveraging panel data to establish a causal path (March 2005) More+
The mental health of parents with infants: Do marriage, cohabitation and romantic status matter? (March 2005) More+
Fathers' risk behaviors in Fragile Families: Implications for 'healthy marriages' (March 2005) More+
In-hospital paternity establishment and father involvement in fragile families (February 2005) More+
The risk of divorce as a barrier to marriage (February 2005) More+
Do good partners make good parents? Relationship quality and parenting in married and unmarried families (December 2004) More+
Racial and ethnic differences in marriage after the birth of a child (December 2004) More+
The effects of state policies on TANF participation (October 2004) More+
Instability in Fragile Families: The role of race-ethnicity, economics, and relationship quality (October 2004) More+
The effects of partnership instability on parenting and young children's health and behaviour (October 2004) More+
Maternal stress and mothering behaviours in stable and unstable families (September 2004) More+
Young children's behavioral problems in married and cohabiting families (September 2004) More+
Effects of child health on parents' relationship status (September 2004) More+
Parents' labour force participation: Does child health matter? (August 2004) More+
Racial and ethnic differences in marriage among new, unwed parents (July 2004) More+
Child support and father-child contact in Fragile Families (July 2004) More+
Religion and marriage in urban America (June 2004) More+
Healthy baby, healthy marriage? The effect of children's health on divorce (June 2004) More+
Parenting across racial and class lines: Assortative mating patterns of new Parents who are married, cohabiting, dating, and no longer romantically involved (June 2004) More+
Measuring cohabitation: Does how, when, and who you ask matter? (June 2004) More+
'His' and 'her' marriage expectations: Determinants and consequences (May 2004) More+
Contemporaneous versus retrospective reports of cohabitation in the Fragile Families survey (May 2004) More+
Union formation in Fragile Families (May 2004) More+
Fragile Families and the marriage agenda (May 2004) More+
The relationship between family structure and mothering behaviour within racial and ethnic groups (May 2004) More+
Maternal stress and mothering behaviours in stable and unstable families (May 2004) More+
Marriage following the birth of a child among cohabiting and visiting parents (May 2004) More+
Gender differences in perceptions of paternal responsibility (April 2004) More+
Then comes marriage? Religion, race, and marriage in urban America (April 2004) More+
The Hispanic Paradox and breastfeeding: Does acculturation matter? (February 2004) More+
Unmarried African-American fathers' involvement with their infants: The role of couple relationships (January 2004) More+
The effects of welfare and child support policies on union formation (December 2003) More+
Variations in maternal and child wellbeing by TANF eligibility and participation (October 2003) More+
Unmarried African American fathers' involvement with their infants: The role of couple relationships (October 2003) More+
Fathers' perceptions of paternal roles: Variations by marital status and living arrangement (October 2003) More+
Looking for Murphy Brown: Are college-educated, single mothers unique? (September 2003) More+
Hardship in marriage and cohabiting parent households: Do cohabiting parents underinvest in household public goods? (September 2003) More+
The retreat from marriage among low-income families (June 2003) More+
Barriers to marriage among fragile families (May 2003) More+
Father absence and child well-being: A critical review (November 2002) More+
Strengthening Fragile Families (October 2002) More+
Diversity among unmarried parents: Human capital, attitudes, and relationship quality (October 2002) More+
Unwed parents: Myths, realities, and policymaking (July 2002) More+
Focused on their families: Religion, parenting, and child well-being (July 2002) More+
Characteristics and antecedents of involvement by young, unmarried fathers (June 2002) More+
Cohabitation: An elusive concept (June 2002) More+
'Just get me to the church…': Assessing policies to promote marriage among Fragile Families (February 2002) More+
Fragile Families, father involvement and public policy (2002) More+
Are cohabiting relationships more violent than marriage? (September 2001) More+
Life without father: What happens to the children (September 2001) More+
Exploring relationship satisfactions ssing item response theory: A fathers' perspective (May 2001) More+
Unwed parents or Fragile Families? Implications for welfare and child support policy (2001) More+
High hopes: Unmarried parents' expectations about marriage at the time of their child's birth (November 2000) More+
The Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study: Questions, design and a few preliminary results (May 2000) More+