Philadelphia Collaborative Perinatal Project: Economic, Social, and Psychological Consequences of Adolescent Childbearing, 1959-1965

Investigators: Jeanne Marecek

This study examined the consequences of adolescent childbearing for mothers and for their children. The study sample included 2,178 Philadelphia women, primarily black, who were age 25 or younger at the birth of their first child. Data were obtained through interviews and medical examinations, and cover the socioeconomic circumstances of the mother during pregnancy and seven years later, as well as the intellectual and behavioral status of the child at birth and at ages 8 months, 4 years, and 7 years. Note for users of DAAPPP Data Sets #01-B1DAAPPP data sets 01 through B1 are comprised of a User's Guide, SPSS syntax files (*.SPS or *.SPX) and raw data files only. Most of these datasets contain SPSS syntax files that use Job Control Language (JCL) from 1980s versions of SPSS-X. Because the syntax is old, the syntax files require editing to conform to the current syntax standards used by SPSS/Windows or SPSS/Unix. If you require technical assistance in using or editing these syntax files, please contact Sociometrics' Data Support Group at 800.846.3475 or socio@socio.com.

Philadelphia Study of Kinship Support for Adolescents in Family Planning Programs, 1980-1981

Investigators: Roberta Herceg-Baron & Frank F. Furstenberg

The primary objective of this study was to test the impact of a program designed to promote greater communication between adolescents and their families. It was hypothesized that greater communication would improve contraceptive use. Three interviews were scheduled: one at the initial visit to the clinic, one at six months, and one at about 15 months after the initial visit. Information was collected on contraceptive use, pregnancy history, amount of communication with family members about sex and birth control, and experiences in the clinic programs. In addition, participants reported on their educational and occupational situation, life goals, relations with peers, and heterosexual experiences. Many of the questions were drawn from comparable surveys (DAAPPP Data Set Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 44, 45, and 63-66). The questions have thus been extensively tested, and the findings could be compared to earlier work. The adolescents in the study were evenly divided between whites and blacks. They were recruited from six federally funded family planning agencies over a 20- month period from January 1980 to September 1981. Initial contact with the adolescents was made in person; the first interview generally occurred in the clinic, and remaining interviews were carried out by phone. Of those adolescents who were approached, 93% agreed to cooperate, yielding a total sample of 502, including 61 (14%) controls (a family support, periodic support, and an additional control group). Attrition rates were low (88% concluded the second interview, 85% concluded the second follow-up). Note for users of DAAPPP Data Sets #01-B1DAAPPP data sets 01 through B1 are comprised of a User's Guide, SPSS syntax files (*.SPS or *.SPX) and raw data files only. Most of these datasets contain SPSS syntax files that use Job Control Language (JCL) from 1980s versions of SPSS-X. Because the syntax is old, the syntax files require editing to conform to the current syntax standards used by SPSS/Windows or SPSS/Unix. If you require technical assistance in using or editing these syntax files, please contact Sociometrics' Data Support Group at 800.846.3475 or socio@socio.com.

Philadelphia Study of Premarital Sex Relations and Pregnancy Among Puerto Rican Youths, 1980-1985

Investigators: Manuel J. Gutierrez, Braulio Montalvo, Kay Armstrong, David Webb and Gary Pickens

The present study examines the health and social consequences of adolescent premarital sexual relations on a sample of Puerto Rican youths. Investigators used a longitudinal design, covering a five-year period to answer the following questions: Of what consequence are adolescent premarital sexual relations on personal, familial, peer, and sociocultural factors in the lives of Puerto Rican youths as they enter into early adulthood? How do the experiences and consequences of adolescent premarital sexual relations differ by gender for the youths in the study? What are the personal, familial, and cultural factors associated with premarital sexual relations among Puerto Rican adolescents? What is the role of peers and other institutional sectors in the initiation or postponement of premarital sexual relations? The data in waves 1 through 3 (1980-1982) were originally collected by investigators M. Gutierrez and B. Montalvo as a study entitled Dropping Out and Delinquency Among Puerto Rican Youths: A Longitudinal Study. Waves 1 through 3 include information from both the respondent and a parent (usually the mother). The study includes variables on educational status and delinquent behavior, as well as variables which tap into intra-familial processes, family interfaces with school and community, and peer influences. In addition, questionnaires obtained standard demographic data such as age, sex, marital status, socioeconomic status, parents' educational and work status, family language, and number of years in the United States. The average ages of youths interviewed in waves 1 through 3 were 16.5, 17.5, and 18.5 respectively. Data from wave 4, collected when the youths were an average age of 21, documents the sexual behavior histories of a subsample of the youths interviewed in waves 1 through 3. Wave 4 contains data only from the youths. In this final wave, investigators documented not only the occurrence of premarital sexual behavior, but also the nature of the experience and relationship with the sexual partner. Information was collected on the youth's health status and economic well-being, along with extensive contraceptive, pregnancy, and birth histories. A number of items pertaining to educational and employment histories, family relations, drug and alcohol use, trouble with the law, aspirations for future, and cultural identification were included in the questionnaire.

Philadelphia Study of Psych. Factors Associated with Adolescent Fertility Regulation-Females, 1979-1981

Investigators: Eugenie Walsh Flaherty and Jeanne Marecek

The purpose of this study was to obtain very extensive information from adolescent females on a number of factors that were posited as being related to adolescent fertility regulation, including: parental communication regarding contraception, sex, and pregnancy; exposure to teenage pregnancy; attitudes toward various contraceptives, and contraceptive use. Two samples of adolescents were studied: those who were pregnant at the time of the first interview, and those who were not pregnant and had never borne a child at the time of the first interview. Respondents in the second sample were interviewed twice, with roughly a year's interval between interviews. The pregnant sample was drawn from four obstetrics/gynecology clinics participating in the study; the non-pregnant adolescent sample was drawn from the registry of the Philadelphia Collaborative Perinatal Project. Data were collected by the Philadelphia Health Management Corporation.Note for users of DAAPPP Data Sets #01-B1DAAPPP data sets 01 through B1 are comprised of a User's Guide, SPSS syntax files (*.SPS or *.SPX) and raw data files only. Most of these datasets contain SPSS syntax files that use Job Control Language (JCL) from 1980s versions of SPSS-X. Because the syntax is old, the syntax files require editing to conform to the current syntax standards used by SPSS/Windows or SPSS/Unix. If you require technical assistance in using or editing these syntax files, please contact Sociometrics' Data Support Group at 800.846.3475 or socio@socio.com.

Philadelphia Study of Psych. Factors Associated with Adolescent Fertility Regulation-Males, 1979-1981

Investigators: Eugenie Walsh Flaherty and Jeanne Marecek

The purpose of this study was to obtain very extensive information from adolescent males on a number of factors that were posited as being related to adolescent fertility regulation, including: parental communication regarding contraception, sex, and pregnancy; exposure to teenage pregnancy; and attitudes toward various contraceptives. Males' sexual and contraceptive experience comprised the major dependent variables of interest. The sample consisted of 77 black adolescent males aged 14 to 18 years who were enrolled in the Philadelphia Collaborative Perinatal Project. Note for users of DAAPPP Data Sets #01-B1DAAPPP data sets 01 through B1 are comprised of a User's Guide, SPSS syntax files (*.SPS or *.SPX) and raw data files only. Most of these datasets contain SPSS syntax files that use Job Control Language (JCL) from 1980s versions of SPSS-X. Because the syntax is old, the syntax files require editing to conform to the current syntax standards used by SPSS/Windows or SPSS/Unix. If you require technical assistance in using or editing these syntax files, please contact Sociometrics' Data Support Group at 800.846.3475 or socio@socio.com.

Physical and Social Development in Children Exposed Prenatally to Download/PCP and Cocaine

Investigators: Judy Howard, Leila Beckwith, Michael Espinosa and Carol Rodning

The purpose of this study was fourfold: to compare PCP-exposed infants to a comparison group of non-drug-exposed infants as to attention regulation, social interaction, motor patterns, and cognitive development; to test the effectiveness of an intervention program in ameliorating early neurobehavioral problems by comparing the development of PCP-exposed infants whose caregivers received intervention to PCP-exposed infants without intervention; to compare the development of PCP-exposed infants reared in foster homes to PCP exposed infants reared by biological parents; and to assess the influence of multiple significant biologic and environmental factors on development. Additionally, caretaker-child interactions and attachment issues were also studied. The study is a prospective, longitudinal investigation of 46 full-term infants who had positive urine toxicology screens for phencyclidine (PCP) and other drugs at birth and 39 non-drug-exposed control infants. Infants were followed from birth to 15 months of age. This study examined fetal growth impairment, as shown by subnormal head size and/or intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) (i.e., birth weight below the tenth percentile), and later behavioral development in the groups of drug-exposed and non-drug-exposed infants. In order to access the range of possible causes of poorer developmental outcome, the investigators examined 89 variables such as maternal parity, maternal nicotine and alcohol use, caregiver education, and child placement outside of the biological home.

Places (discrete settlements), 1970, 1980, 1990

Investigators: National Opinion Research Center

Typically, places are discrete settlements, usually occupying only a portion of the county in which they are located. Places may extend across county boundaries but never across state boundaries. Census places are of two types - Incorporated Places, such as cities, villages, or towns, which have legally prescribed powers and functions; and Census Designated Places, (CDPs, previously "unincorporated areas"), which are densely settled areas (at least 1,000 persons per square mile) with a locally-used distinctive name. Places are a possible substitute for "neighborhood" if tract, block numbering area, and enumeration district are unavailable. This dataset includes socio-economic and demographic data for all places in the US. The first data file consists of data from the 1970 Census, and has 6,435 cases and 217 variables. The second covers data from the 1980 Census, and includes 218 variables for 22,516 cases. The third data file covers data from the 1990 Census and includes 240 variables for 23,417 cases.

Prevalence and Predictors of Herbal Medicine Use in Surgical Patients, 2001

Investigators: Prasad S. Adusumilli, Leah Ben-Porat, Meriner Pereira, Daniel Roesler, & I. Michael Leitman

Despite the rapid rise in herbal medicine consumption, explicitly eliciting and documenting herbal medicine usage among surgical patients is poor. The purpose of this study was to assess the herbal medicine usage in surgical patients and the willingness of patients to reveal their herbal medicine usage to the surgical care staff. The Prevalence and Predictors of Herbal Medicine Use in Surgical Patients, 2001 was conducted at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York during a 10-week period. All eligible patients presenting for elective surgery were approached and asked to participate in the study by completing a self-administered questionnaire inquiring into the self-health perceptions, herbal medicine use, and communication of such usage to surgical health-care staff.

Profile of Child Care Settings: Center-Based Programs, 1990

Investigators: Ellen Eliason Kisker and Valarie Piper

The Profile of Child Care Settings Study was conducted for the U.S. Department of Education with the primary objective of determining the levels and characteristics of early education and care that are available in the United States. Telephone interviews were conducted with nationally representative samples of regulated home-based family day care providers and center-based early education and care programs between October, 1989 and February, 1990 using computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) methods. This survey of center-based early education and care programs collected extensive data on a number of topics including general characteristics, admission policies and vacancies, types of children served, subsidies, staff, curriculum and activities, meals, health and safety, and operating experiences.

Profile of Child Care Settings: Home-Based Programs, 1990

Investigators: Ellen Eliason Kisker and Valarie Piper

The Profile of Child Care Settings Study was conducted for the U.S. Department of Education with the primary objective of determining the levels and characteristics of early education and care that are available in the United States. Telephone interviews were conducted with nationally representative samples of regulated home-based family day care providers and center-based early education and care programs between October, 1989 and February, 1990 using computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) methods. The survey of home-based family care programs collected extensive data on a number of topics including care provided, children's activities, costs and income, help with child care, health and safety, and caregiver characteristics.