American Family Data Archive (AFDA)

The purpose of AFDA is to facilitate access to the highest quality datasets on topics related to the family, family structure and change, family interaction, and family well being. The archive comprises machine-readable data and documentation from nationally recognized studies on important issues relating to American family life, demographics, and family patterns.

Datasets in the archive, as with all of Sociometrics topically focused data archives, have been selected with the guidance of national panel of leading researchers in the field. The AFDA panel, chaired by Dr. Brent Miller, includes Drs. Richard Kulka, Theodora Ooms, Douglas Sprenkle, Elizabeth Thomson, and Arland Thornton.

The AFDA collection contains 20 studies including: (click above to view information about each study in this collection)

• The Intergenerational Panel Study of Parents and Children (A Detroit Area Study), 1962-1993
• The Fulton County Descriptive Study, A Subset of the JOBS Child Outcomes Study, 1992-1994
• The High School and Beyond Longitudinal Survey
• The National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle V, 1995
• The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, Waves 1 & 2 (AddHealth)
• The National Survey of Families and Households, 1992
• The National Survey of Families and Households: 1988
• The National Survey of Children: 1976-1987
• The National Child Care Survey, 1990, Parent Study
• The National Child Care Survey, 1990, Low-Income Study
• A Profile of Child Care Settings, 1990, Center-Based Programs
• A Profile of Child Care Settings, 1990, Home-Based Programs
• National Commission on Children: 1990 Survey of Parents & Children
• Marital Instability Over the Life Course: 1981-1988
• Stanford Child Custody Study: Family, 1984-1990
• Stanford Child Custody Study: Child, 1984-1990
• National Family Violence Survey: 1975
• National Family Violence Survey: 1985
• National Health Interview Survey on Child Health: 1988
• Treatment Process: A Problem at Three Levels: 1988