Last week, CRCFW staff, along with other members of the SPIA community, shared their research with Dr. Stephen Cha, the Acting Commissioner of Human Services for the State of New Jersey, and his team. Thank you to the Princeton Office of State Affairs for organizing this event!
Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study
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Formerly known as Fragile Families & Child Wellbeing Study. A longitudinal urban birth cohort study. Princeton University | Columbia University | NotreDame ffcws.princeton.edu
#FFCWS at #ASA2026: The presentation “Extracting Life-course Trajectories from Longitudinal Survey Data using Large Language Models” by Youngjin YJ Chae will begin in 15 minutes. See more presentations using #FFdata tinyurl.com/yc5avau7
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#FFCWS at #ASA2026: The presentation “Too Old for Nine: Social Age, Epigenetic Aging, and Premature Embodiment in Childhood Health” by Morales et al will begin in 15 minutes. See more presentations using #FFdata tinyurl.com/yc5avau7
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#FFCWS at #ASA2026: There are multiple presentations using #FFdata about to start in 15 minutes. Check out the presentation schedule to see more details tinyurl.com/yc5avau7
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#FFCWS at #ASA2026: v: A roundtable featuring “What Happens Behind Closed Doors Builds Up Behind Closed Doors” by Varsha Menon will begin in 10 minutes. Check out more presentations using #FFdata tinyurl.com/yc5avau7
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#FFCWS at #ASA2026: A roundtable featuring “Risk and Resilience among Racially/Ethnically Minoritized Youth: The Protect Role of Optimism” with Dan Wang and Alyson Stanocheck will begin 15 minutes. See more presentations using #FFdata tinyurl.com/yc5avau7
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#FFCWS at #ASA2026: Two presentations using #FFdata are happening now! Check out the presentation schedule for more details tinyurl.com/yc5avau7
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#FFCWS at #ASA2026: The presentation “Punishment Avoidance in the Making: The Role of Parental Involvement in School Discipline” by Guyu Sun will begin in 10 minutes. See more presentations using #FFdata tinyurl.com/yc5avau7
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#FFCWS at #ASA2026: A roundtable featuring “Episodic Exclusionary Discipline in K-12 & Its Impact on Criminal Legal Contact in Young Adulthood” by Lili Dodderidge will begin in 15 minutes. Check out more presentations using #FFdata tinyurl.com/yc5avau7
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#FFCWS at #ASA2026: The presentation “Exploring the Effects of Paternal Incarceration on Substance Use Among Racially Minorized Adolescents” by Rafia Akter and Heili Pals will begin in 15 minutes. See more presentations using #FFdata tinyurl.com/yc5avau7
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#FFCWS at #ASA2026: A roundtable featuring “Heterogenous Effects of Gig Work on Sleep and Mental Health Among American Young Adults” by Andrew Zhang and Lei Lei will begin in 15 minutes. Check out more presentations using #FFdata tinyurl.com/yc5avau7
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#FFCWS at #ASA2026: The presentation “Diagnosed and Disconnected? ADHD, Parental Governance, and the Stratification of Adolescent Romance” by Morales et al will begin in 15 minutes. Check out more presentations using #FFdata tinyurl.com/yc5avau7
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#FFCWS at #ASA2026: A roundtable featuring the paper “Stratified Safety Nets: Race/Ethnicity in the Dynamic Bidirectional Relationship between Multigenerational Coresidence and Parenting Stress” will begin in 30 minutes. See more presentations using #FFdata tinyurl.com/yc5avau7
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#FFCWS at #ASA2026: Our free workshop will begin in 30 minutes! Check the ASA program for details tinyurl.com/5ys2kzxb
Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study: What It is and How It Can Be Used in Research
The Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) is the longest running U.S. birth-cohort study based on a national probability sample. A key part of the country’s research infrastructure,…
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Heading to #ASA2026 this week? Start with our workshop "Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study: What It Is and How it Can Be Used in Research" on Sat 8/8 8:00 AM. Learn the data and get hands-on guidance from FFCWS experts tinyurl.com/yc5avau7
Are you attending #ASA2026 in NYC? Check out the schedule of presentations using #FFdata and opportunities to connect with our data team, including a free workshop for all ASA attendees: tinyurl.com/yc5avau7
🚨Alert: Using AI Tools with FFCWS Data🚨 This dataset is distributed through ICPSR. Per ICPSR's AI policy, redistributing their data without permission is prohibited — which limits which AI tools you can use it with. Please see their full policy for details tinyurl.com/mr2pkrfw
ICPSR Policy on the Use of Large Language Models | ICPSR
ICPSR Policy on the Use of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Other Forms of AI. Approved: December 11, 2024
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🧬 A new study using @ffcws.bsky.social data found childhood adversity doesn't affect all kids the same way. ACEs & their links to biological aging varied by race and sex with girls showing the most consistent effects. Read more: tinyurl.com/5c43tasu #FFpubs
What predicts teen substance use? Using @ffcws.bsky.social data, a new study found emotional abuse linked to heavy alcohol use as well as neglect + parental mental illness linked to marijuana use. Read more of the findings: tinyurl.com/ypauyreu #FFpubs #ACEs
Publication alert! 🚨 A new study using @ffcws.bsky.social data found closeness with biological mothers predicted higher overall positive affect and greater emotional flexibility among adolescents, regardless of whether mothers were resident or nonresident caregivers. Read more: tinyurl.com/5n86zue3
Three Decades Since Kathy Edin's Making Ends Meet - two special issues from Russell Sage! @ffcws.bsky.social
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences: 12 (1)
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Have you heard? FFCWS is enrolling kids (G3) of the original FF birth cohort (G2) in a new collab project called FFG3 to collect perinatal surveys & biological samples. Prelim findings show physical & mental health of G2 mothers is worse than that of the previous generation (G1) tinyurl.com/523s577b
<em>Journal of Marriage and Family</em> | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library
Objective To describe the research design and sample of the Future of Families Third Generation (FFG3) study, which is collecting data on the third generation of the Future of Families and Child Wel...
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#FFdata at #PAA2026: The presentation “Timing-dependent associations between childhood internalizing symptoms and DNA methylation” by Tung et al will begin in 15 minutes. See more presentations using #FFdata on our website
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#FFdata at #PAA2026: The presentation “Sleep Duration and Problems as Predictors of Epigenetic Age Acceleration in Youth” by Huntley et al will begin in 15 minutes. See more presentations using #FFdata on our website tinyurl.com/yvf24reb