Specialization:
population health science; evolutionary anthropology; family demography; life course transitions; reproductive decision making; reproductive health; Tanzania
Education:
2015. PhD Epidemiology and Population Health. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.
2010. MSc Human Evolution and Behavior. University College London, UK.
2008. BA Anthropology. Beloit College, US.
Publications:
Schaffnit, S.B., Hassan, A., Urassa, M., & Lawson, D.W. (in press). Parent-offspring conflict unlikely to explain 'child marriage' in northwestern Tanzania. Nature Human Behavior
Schaffnit, S.B., Urassa, M., & Lawson, D.W. (in press). ‘Child marriage’ in context: exploring local attitudes towards early marriage in rural Tanzania. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
Birdthistle, I., Schaffnit, S.B., Kwaro, D., Shahmanesh, M., Ziraba, A., Kabiru, C., Phillips-Howard, P., Chimbindi, N., Ondeng’e, K., Gourlay, A. Cowan, F., Hargreaves, J., Hensen, B. , Chiyaka, T., Glynn, J., & Floyd, S. (2018). Evaluating the impact of the DREAMS Partnership to Reduce HIV Incidence among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in four settings: A Study Protocol. BMC Public Health. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5789-7
?Schaffnit, S.B. & Sear, R. (2017). Support for new mothers and the decision to have a second child in the United Kingdom: not all support is equal. Population Studies: 1-17. doi: 10.1080/00324728.2017.1349924
?Schaffnit, S.B. & Sear R. (2017). Supportive families versus support from families: the decision to have a child in the Netherlands. ?Demographic Research, 37(14): 414-454. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2017.37.14
?Sear, R., & Schaffnit, S. (2017). It's not just about the future: The present payoffs to behavior vary in degree and kind between the rich and the poor. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40. doi:10.1017/S0140525X1700111X
?Lawson D. W., Schaffnit, S.B., Hassan, A., James, S. & Borgerhoff Mulder, M. (2017). Father absence but not fosterage predicts food insecurity, relative poverty and poor child health in northern Tanzania. American Journal of Human Biology, 29(3): e22938. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.22938
??Stulp, G., Sear, R., Schaffnit, S.B., Mills, M., & Barrett, L. (2016). The reproductive ecology of industrial societies: the association between wealth and fertility. Human Nature, 27(4): 445-470. doi: 10.1007/s12110-016-9272-9
Schaffnit, S.B. & Sear, R. (2014). Wealth modifies relationships between kin and women’s fertility in high-income countries. Behavioral Ecology, 25(4), 834-842. doi: 10.1093/beheco/aru059
Sheppard, P.*, Schaffnit, S.B.*, Garcia, J. R. & Sear, R. (2014). Fostering relations: first sex and marital timings for children raised by kin and non-kin carers. Evolution and Human Behavior, 35(3); 161-168. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2013.12.002