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Frank F. Furstenberg

Zellerbach Family Professor of Sociology Emeritus Research Associate Population Studies Center

University of Pennsylvania

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School of Arts & Sciences

Sociology

Frank F. Furstenberg is currently serving as a School Of Arts & Sciences Zellerbach Family Professor of Sociology Emeritus Research Associate Population Studies Center at University of Pennsylvania.

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Frank F. Furstenberg

University of Pennsylvania

Zellerbach Family Professor of Sociology Emeritus Research Associate Population Studies Center

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social sciences sociology adolescent health demography child development family relations adolescence marriage family studies adult development family psychology social change behavioral sciences journalism family issues family process adolescent psychology family planning family dynamics family relationships maternal health population health family management societal influence life course developmental psychology parental care social gerontology family diversity united states higher education intergenerational relations population aging family change reproductive health cultural change population studies demographic change population science population history teenage childbearing adolescent mothers fertility teenage pregnancy adaptation economic demography social transitions sociological research later life middle-income families american studies spatial demography human sexuality parent leadership family policy caregivers family formation human development urban families marital disruption disaster risk reduction sexual behavior urban geography urban studies child psychology social capital sexology urban society adolescent success marital dissolution paternal participation race differences early childbearing teenage sexuality premarital pregnancy family planning clinics

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Relation of Income to Trends in Well-Being by Age: Implications for the Future Older “Forgotten” Lower Middle Class. Health Affairs Scholar (2025)

David H RehkopfFrank F FurstenbergChristian JacksonJohn W RoweJohn W RoweToni C AntonucciLisa BerkmanAxel Börsch-SupanLaura L CarstensenCynthia ChenDana P GoldmanLinda P FriedFrank F FurstenbergMartin KohliS Jay OlshanskyDavid H RehkopfJulie Zissimopoulos

public healthsocioeconomic statuseconomicseconomic inequalitywell-beingsocio-economic impactslower middle class

A Global Analysis of Adaptation to Societal Aging Across Low-, Middle- and High-Income Countries Using the Global Aging Society Index. Nature Aging (2024)

Cynthia ChenJulian LimJemima KohJohn BeardJohn W. RoweJohn RoweToni AntonucciLisa BerkmanAxel Börsch-SupanLaura CarstensenDana GoldmanLinda FriedFrank FurstenbergJames JacksonMartin KohliJay OlshanskyDavid RehkopfJohn RotherJulie Zissimopoulos

longevityhealthy agingsocial sciencesglobal healthsocietal influenceneuroscience of agingpublic healthworld developmentsocial changeglobal policypopulation aginginternational healthhigh-income countriesdemographysocial gerontologydevelopmental scienceadaptationactive ageingglobalization

Evidence That Tomorrow’s Older Population Will Be Less Fit Than Today: A National Study, 2003–2022. Innovation in Aging (2024)

David RehkopfFrank FurstenbergChristian JacksonJohn Rowe

public healthageinglongevityolder populationhealthy aginglater adulthoodfitnesspopulation healthactive ageingdemographyneuroscience of agingsocial gerontologynational studypopulation aginghealth sciences

Communication With Kin in the Wake of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World (2023)

Megan N. ReedLinda LiLuca Maria PesandoLauren E. HarrisFrank F. FurstenbergJulien O. Teitler

health communicationcommunicationsociologycovid-19 pandemicsocial scienceshuman communication

Union Formation, Within‐Couple Dynamics, and Child Well‐Being: A Global Macrolevel Perspective. Population Space and Place (2023)

Ewa BatyraLuca Maria PesandoAndrés F. Castro TorresFrank F. FurstenbergHans‐Peter Kohler

population ecologyglobal macrolevel perspectivesociologywithin-couple dynamicsunion formationdemographychild well-beingspatial demography

A Sequence‐Analysis Approach to the Study of the Transition to Adulthood in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries. Population and Development Review (2021)

Luca Maria PesandoNicola BarbanMaria SironiFrank F. Furstenberg

population scienceinternational developmentpopulation studiespopulation agingstatisticsdemographyanthropologyadolescenceadult developmentpopulation genetics

A Us State Index of Successful Aging: Differences Between States and Over Time. Milbank Quarterly (2021)

DAVID H. REHKOPFFRANK F. FURSTENBERGHOLLY ELSERCHRISTIAN JACKSONNICOLE LEVYJOHN W. ROWE

public healthstate indextime seriesepidemiologylongitudinal studiespopulation healthsuccessful agingdemographyquality of lifepopulation aginghealth sciences

Changing Gender Gaps in the Timing of First Union Formation and Sexual Initiation in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Population and Development Review (2021)

Ewa BatyraHans-Peter KohlerFrank F Furstenberg

population sciencegender gapspopulation studiessub-saharan africasexual initiationpopulation biologyanthropologydemographyfirst union formationdevelopmental biologyevolutionary biologypopulation history

Family Change and Variation Through the Lens of Family Configurations in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries. Population Space and Place (2021)

Andrés Felipe Castro TorresLuca Maria PesandoHans‐Peter KohlerFrank Furstenberg

middle-income countriessociologyfamily changefamily configurationsanthropologydemographyspatial demography

Gender Differences in Countries' Adaptation to Societal Ageing: An International Cross-Sectional Comparison. The Lancet Healthy Longevity (2021)

Cynthia ChenKenwin MaungJohn W RoweJohn W RoweToni AntonucciLisa BerkmanAxel Börsch-SupanLaura CarstensenDana P GoldmanLinda FriedFrank FurstenbergJames JacksonMartin KohliJay OlshanskyDavid RehkopfJohn RotherJulie Zissimopoulos

adaptationsociologysocial sciencesgender differencespopulation healthdemographyglobal healthsocial gerontologyinternational cross-sectional comparisonsocietal ageing

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Frank F. Furstenberg

Zellerbach Family Professor of Sociology Emeritus Research Associate Population Studies Center

University of Pennsylvania

Affiliations

School of Arts & Sciences

Sociology

Frank F. Furstenberg is currently serving as a School Of Arts & Sciences Zellerbach Family Professor of Sociology Emeritus Research Associate Population Studies Center at University of Pennsylvania.

Honors

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Frank F. Furstenberg

University of Pennsylvania

Zellerbach Family Professor of Sociology Emeritus Research Associate Population Studies Center

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Relation of Income to Trends in Well-Being by Age: Implications for the Future Older “Forgotten” Lower Middle Class. Health Affairs Scholar (2025)

public healthsocioeconomic statuseconomicseconomic inequalitywell-beingsocio-economic impactslower middle class

A Global Analysis of Adaptation to Societal Aging Across Low-, Middle- and High-Income Countries Using the Global Aging Society Index. Nature Aging (2024)

Evidence That Tomorrow’s Older Population Will Be Less Fit Than Today: A National Study, 2003–2022. Innovation in Aging (2024)

David RehkopfFrank FurstenbergChristian JacksonJohn Rowe

Communication With Kin in the Wake of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World (2023)

Megan N. ReedLinda LiLuca Maria PesandoLauren E. HarrisFrank F. FurstenbergJulien O. Teitler

health communicationcommunicationsociologycovid-19 pandemicsocial scienceshuman communication

Union Formation, Within‐Couple Dynamics, and Child Well‐Being: A Global Macrolevel Perspective. Population Space and Place (2023)

Ewa BatyraLuca Maria PesandoAndrés F. Castro TorresFrank F. FurstenbergHans‐Peter Kohler

population ecologyglobal macrolevel perspectivesociologywithin-couple dynamicsunion formationdemographychild well-beingspatial demography

A Sequence‐Analysis Approach to the Study of the Transition to Adulthood in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries. Population and Development Review (2021)

Luca Maria PesandoNicola BarbanMaria SironiFrank F. Furstenberg

population scienceinternational developmentpopulation studiespopulation agingstatisticsdemographyanthropologyadolescenceadult developmentpopulation genetics

A Us State Index of Successful Aging: Differences Between States and Over Time. Milbank Quarterly (2021)

DAVID H. REHKOPFFRANK F. FURSTENBERGHOLLY ELSERCHRISTIAN JACKSONNICOLE LEVYJOHN W. ROWE

public healthstate indextime seriesepidemiologylongitudinal studiespopulation healthsuccessful agingdemographyquality of lifepopulation aginghealth sciences

Changing Gender Gaps in the Timing of First Union Formation and Sexual Initiation in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Population and Development Review (2021)

Ewa BatyraHans-Peter KohlerFrank F Furstenberg

Family Change and Variation Through the Lens of Family Configurations in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries. Population Space and Place (2021)

Andrés Felipe Castro TorresLuca Maria PesandoHans‐Peter KohlerFrank Furstenberg

middle-income countriessociologyfamily changefamily configurationsanthropologydemographyspatial demography

Gender Differences in Countries' Adaptation to Societal Ageing: An International Cross-Sectional Comparison. The Lancet Healthy Longevity (2021)

adaptationsociologysocial sciencesgender differencespopulation healthdemographyglobal healthsocial gerontologyinternational cross-sectional comparisonsocietal ageing

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