Description & Citation--Study No. 4701
Bibliographic Description |
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Study No.: |
4701 |
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Title: |
Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study |
Principal Investigator(s): |
Angel, Ronald, University of Texas-Austin. Population Research Center Burton, Linda, Pennsylvania State University. Population Research Institute Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay, University of Chicago. Population Research Center Cherlin, Andrew, Johns Hopkins University. Hopkins Population Center Moffitt, Robert, Johns Hopkins University. Hopkins Population Center |
Funding: |
United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development |
Bibliographic Citation: |
Angel, Ronald, Linda Burton, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Andrew Cherlin, and Robert Moffitt. Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study. ICPSR04701-v7. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-02-10. doi:10.3886/ICPSR04701.v7 |
Scope of Study |
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Summary: |
This data collection is the third wave of an intensive study in Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio, which was initiated to assess the well-being of low-income children and families in the post-welfare reform era. The project investigates the strategies families have used to respond to reform, in terms of employment, schooling or other forms of training, residential mobility, and fertility. Central to this project is a focus on how these strategies affect children's lives, with an emphasis on their health and development as well as their need for, and use of, social services. For the first wave of the study, between March 1999 and December 1999, a random sample of approximately 2,400 households with children in low-income neighborhoods in Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio were selected for interviews. Forty percent of the families interviewed were receiving cash welfare payments at the time of the interview. Each household had a child aged 0 to 4 or aged 10 to 14 at the time of the interview. The child and the child's primary female caregiver are the focus of the study. Extensive baseline information was gathered at the initial personal interview with the caregivers, tested younger children were assessed, and older children were interviewed. All interviews were conducted in-person using a computerized instrument. The third wave of data collection took place between February 2005 and January 2006, when the focal children were aged 5 to 10 or aged 15 to 20. Between May 2005 and May 2006, interviews were conducted with the teachers of the focal children. |
Subject Terms: |
adolescents, child development, child rearing, child support, delinquent behavior, domestic violence, education, family background, family relationships, family size, family structure, fathers, health, health status, home environment, housing, income, job history, mothers, neighborhood characteristics, neighborhood conditions, occupational categories, parent child relationship, parental attitudes, physical characteristics, pregnancy, schools, self concept, self esteem, sexual behavior, single mothers, social networks, welfare, welfare services |
Geographic Coverage: |
Boston, Chicago, Illinois, Massachusetts, San Antonio, Texas, United States |
Time Period: |
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Date of Collection: |
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Unit of Observation: |
individual |
Universe: |
Families with incomes less than 200 percent of the government poverty line living in Boston, San Antonio, and Chicago. |
Data Types: |
survey data |
Data Collection Notes: |
The teacher interview data are restricted and available only onsite through the ICPSR Data Enclave. |
Methodology |
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Sample: |
Between March 1999 and December 1999 a random sample of approximately 2,400 households with children in low-income neighborhoods in Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio were interviewed. Forty percent of the families interviewed were receiving cash welfare payments at the time of the interview. Each household had a child aged 0 to 4 or aged 10 to 14 at the time of the interview. |
Mode of Data Collection: |
computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI), computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI), face-to-face interview, telephone interview |
Extent of Processing: |
All archived data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. The archive also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, the archive performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
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Access and Availability |
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Note: |
Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest. |
Original ICPSR Release: |
2007-08-17 |
Restrictions: |
This data collection may not be used for any purpose other than statistical reporting and analysis. Use of these data to learn the identity of any person or establishment is prohibited. To protect respondent privacy, Parts 1, 2, and 3 of the Three Cities data files are restricted from general dissemination. To obtain these restricted files, researchers must agree to the terms and conditions of a Restricted Data Use Agreement in accordance with existing DSDR and ICPSR servicing policies. A Restricted Data Use Agreement is available for download on the download page associated with this data collection. Part 24 is enclave-only, and may only be accessed on-site at ICPSR. |
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