1999 American Housing Survey of the United States
Investigators:
This study answers many questions about housing units and households
in the United States and includes data on apartments, single-family
homes, mobile homes, vacant homes, family composition, income, housing
and neighborhood quality, housing costs, equipment, fuels, size of housing
unit, and recent movers.
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Child Poverty
The Child Poverty Data Archive, funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, is a comprehensive collection of data sets on child well being and poverty. The archive provides descriptive and comparative data on: the structure of child well-being and poverty; factors that contribute to poverty and child-well being; the consequences of child poverty; and evaluations of education, welfare, and other programs related to child well-being and poverty.
Individual Studies in the Child Poverty Collection
2001 Current Population Surveys: Annual Demographic Survey (also known
as March Supplement)
Investigators:
The CPS is the nation's primary source of labor force statistics
for the entire population and is the source of numerous high-profile
economic statistics including the Nation's unemployment rate and provides
data on the wide range of issues relating to employment and earnings.
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2000 Food Stamp Program Quality Control Database
(FSPQC)
Investigators:
The FSPQC database contains detailed demographic, economic, and Food
Stamp Program eligibility information for a nationally representative
sample of 46,963 FSP units. These data, which
are produced annually, are ideal for tabulations of the characteristics
of food stamp units and for simulating the impact of various reforms
to the FSP on current FSP sites.
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National Youth Victimization Prevention Survey, 1992-1994
Investigators:
The primary goals of this study were to derive estimates of various
forms of victimization among youths and to obtain children's
assessments of the victimization prevention programs which many schools
have begun offering over the previous decade.
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Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
Investigators:
The main objective of the SIPP is to provide accurate and comprehensive
information about income and program participation of individuals and
households in the United States, and about the principal determinants
of income and program participation.
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Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III),
Household Youth Data, 1988-94
Investigators:
NHANES III is the seventh in a series of national examination studies
conducted in the United States beginning in 1960, contributing
to knowledge of public health in the United States and
to the formulation and conduct of public health policy.
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Third National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS-3),
September 5 through December 4, 1993
Investigators:
The NIS-3 provides updated estimates of the incidence
of child abuse and neglect in the United States and offers an important perspective
on the scope of child abuse and neglect. The NIS includes children who were investigated
by child protective service (CPS) agencies, but it also obtains data on children
seen by community professionals who were not reported to CPS or who were screened
out by CPS without investigation.
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Welfare, Children, and Families: The Three-Cities Study Collection
on CD-ROM
Investigators:
This is a longitudinal study of children and their caregivers in low-income
families that were living in low-income neighborhoods in three cities
in 1999. The purpose of the study is to investigate the consequences
of policy changes resulting from the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. The comprehensive collection
includes a collection of ALL the studies undertaken
as part of the larger study (5 datasets).
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Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study (Boston, Chicago,
and San Antonio), Wave 3, February 2005 – January 2006
Investigators:
This is wave 3 of a longitudinal study of children and their caregivers
in low-income families that were living in low-income neighborhoods
in three cities. The purpose of the study is to investigate the consequences
of policy changes resulting from the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
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Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study (Boston, Chicago,
and San Antonio), Embedded Development Study, Wave 2, 2000-2001
Investigators:
This study is part of an ongoing research
project in Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio to monitor the consequences
of welfare reform for the well-being of children and families. The
Wave 2 Embedded Developmental Study (EDS), which is a part of the longitudinal
follow-up, includes interviews of a subset of children 3-6 years of
age and their caregivers. It consists of videotaped assessments of
children's behaviors, caregiver-child interactions, and observations
of childcare settings.
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Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study (Boston, Chicago,
and San Antonio), Wave 2, September 2000 - June 2001
Investigators:
This is wave 2 of a longitudinal study of children and their caregivers
in low-income families that were living in low-income neighborhoods in
three cities. The purpose of the study is to investigate
the consequences of policy changes resulting from the Personal Responsibility
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
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Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study (Boston, Chicago,
and San Antonio) Embedded Developmental Study, Wave 1, 1999
Investigators:
This is a longitudinal study of children and their caregivers in low-income
families that were living in low-income neighborhoods in three cities
in 1999. The Embedded Developmental Study was developed to gain
a more detailed and valid picture of the environments and processes that
affect children during early childhood that cannot be obtained through
standard survey instruments.
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Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study, Wave 1
Investigators:
This is a longitudinal study of children and their caregivers in low-income
families that were living in low-income neighborhoods in three cities
in 1999. The purpose of the study is to investigate the consequences
of policy changes resulting from the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
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Youth Risk Behavior Surveys: 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2001
Investigators:
The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) is an epidemiologic
surveillance system that was established by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) to monitor the prevalence of youth behaviors that
most influence health.
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