Fertility, Families, and Children
Fertility, household structure and family process in relation to children's living circumstances and experiences, and factors affecting children’s health and development
Families and fertility are central to population research and have experienced substantial change. A generation ago, high fertility was of considerable concern in the countries of the developing world. Today, only a handful of developing countries have not yet experienced a sustained fertility decline, and now fertility that is too low is of concern in many developed countries. While not yet an issue in the United States, in Europe and Asia low fertility has led to population aging and other associated problems. These changes in fertility are the subject of research at CPC.
Experiences of migration and acculturation can reshape maternal-child interactions during both early childhood and adolescence. Researchers at CPC explore how depression, inexperience navigating institutional systems in the US, and social marginalization or discrimination in schools and neighborhoods can leave children of immigrants vulnerable to long-term behavioral health problems, a lack of school readiness, and reduced academic motivations.
CPC researchers are finding that grandparents play an important role in child development. CPC investigate antecedents of pediatric obesity among first-time, primarily non-married African-American mothers and other caregivers living in North Carolina and how the importance of grandmothers to the household structure and inter-generational factors is associated with improved child health outcomes.
Related Fellows:
- Linda S. Adair
- Gustavo Angeles
- Margaret E. Bentley
- Kenneth A. Bollen
- Yong Cai
- Glen H. Elder, Jr.
- Barbara Entwisle
- David K. Guilkey
- Sudhanshu (Ashu) Handa
- Kathleen Mullan Harris
- Amy H. Herring
- Andrew F. Olshan
- Lisa D. Pearce
- Krista M. Perreira
- Ronald R. Rindfuss
- Michele Rivkin-Fish
- Anna Maria Siega-Riz
- Amanda L. Thompson
- Vaida D. Thompson
- John M. Thorp, Jr.
- Boone A. Turchi
- Peter R. Uhlenberg
Related Research:
- Improving nutritional status and health of infants and lactating women through the use of Lipid Based Nutrition Supplements (LNS): Evidence from a longitudinal, randomized trial in Lilongwe, Malawi
- National Children's Study, Cumberland County
- Relating multiple dimensions of stress to CVD risk in Filipino adults
- Religion's Role in the Shaping of Self-Image, Aspirations, and Achievement in Youth
- Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey of HSE (RLMS-HSE)
- The National Children's Study
- The National Children's Study - Duplin County Vanguard Center
- The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
