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The family research space is crowded. Much of what gets produced starts with a conclusion and works backward.
IFS is the exception.
In any given month we are cited by The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, The Daily Wire... and all points in between.
IFS publishes findings based on what the data says, not political ideology.
Our independence is not incidental. It is a commitment to truth and it is why a citation from IFS holds up in ways that citations from ideologically captured sources do not.
Current Flagship Research
View AllIn this report, we present fresh estimates of fertility for every state with available vital statistics back to 1917, and we also use results from a new survey of over 4,700 Americans to explore how American cultural norms around friendship and celebrity families may shape fertility.
Read The ReportUsing data from the Global Flourishing Study, we find that childhood family conditions—particularly the relationship between father and son—provide a key explanation for why so many young, working-class men are struggling.
Read The ReportThis IFS and Verity research brief finds that liberals are more likely to cite certain anxieties related to fertility decisions relative to conservatives.
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