Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study

The Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study changed its name to The Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS). Note that all documentation issued prior to January 2023 contains the study’s former name. Any further reference to FFCWS should kindly observe this name change. The Fragile Families & Child Wellbeing Study is following a cohort of nearly 5,000 children born in large U.S. cities between 1998 and 2000 (roughly three-quarters of whom were born to unmarried parents). We refer to unmarried parents and their children as “fragile families” to underscore that they are families and that they are at greater risk of breaking up and living in poverty than more traditional families. The core Study was originally designed to primarily address four questions of great interest to researchers and policy makers: (1) What are the conditions and capabilities of unmarried parents, especially fathers?; (2) What is the nature of the relationships between unmarried parents?; (3) How do children born into these families fare?; and (4) How do policies and environmental conditions affect families and children?

《脆弱家庭与儿童福祉研究》已更名为《家庭与儿童福祉的未来研究》（FFCWS）。请注意，2023年1月之前发布的所有文档均包含研究原名。此后对FFCWS的任何提及均应遵循此次更名。脆弱家庭与儿童福祉研究追踪了近5000名出生于1998年至2000年间美国大城市（其中约四分之三为未婚父母所生）的儿童。我们将未婚父母及其子女称为“脆弱家庭”，以强调其家庭属性，并凸显相较于更为传统的家庭，此类家庭面临更高的解体风险和贫困生活风险。核心研究最初旨在主要解答对研究人员和政策制定者而言极具重要性的四个问题：（1）未婚父母，尤其是父亲的条件和能力如何？（2）未婚父母之间的关系性质为何？（3）这些家庭出生的儿童境遇如何？（4）政策和环境条件如何影响家庭和儿童？