The Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) is a key part of the United States’ research infrastructure. It is the longest-running birth cohort study in the US based on a national probability sample, and the only birth cohort study in the US on a contemporary sample of young adults. 

In 2025, we are celebrating 25 years…

The Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) leadership are thrilled to announce FFCWS has received two grants through the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) which will enable data collection with our focal children around the time of their 27th birthdays as well as data…

Kathy Edin and Jane Waldfogel, Co-Principal Investigators of the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) are thrilled to announce that Anna Haskins, the Andrew V. Tackes Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, will be joining the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study as a co-investigator!

Anna…