U.S. Survey of Services Provided by Adolescent Pregnancy Programs, 1980

Investigators: JRB Associates

Part of a national investigation of the problems associated with adolescent pregnancy and of methods for improving services to those directly affected by teenage childbearing, this study sought to delineate, identify, describe, and evaluate existing programs at the federal, state, and local levels. The sample for this study consists of 1,118 adolescent pregnancy projects located in the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Data were obtained regarding (1) the general characteristics of the program, (2) the types of services offered by the program, and (3) key administrative features of the 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.

U.S. Survey of Title X-Funded Family Planning Clinics, 1981

Investigators: Roberta Herceg-Baron

This file contains data on the scope of family planning clinic efforts to involve parents in family planning for teenagers. The study sample is based on a 1981 national survey of 351 Title X recipients. Data obtained via telephone interviews included information on agency characteristics, parental involvement activities, and parental consent or notification policies. 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.

U.S. Survey of Unmarried Women Under 18 in Family Planning Clinics, 1979-1980

Investigators: Aida Torres

This file contains information on the extent to which the parents of unmarried teenagers under 18 years of age are informed that their daughters are attending a family planning clinic, how parents have been informed, and how notification requirements would affect the behavior of those teenagers whose parents do not know. The data are based on an Alan Guttmacher Institute survey of 1,212 young women seeking prescription-based contraceptive services from 53 family planning clinics. In addition, information on the metropolitan status of the clinic location and the minimum age at which clinics would provide services without parental consent or notification was added to the data base by the investigators. 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.

U.S.-Mexico Border Survey, 1979

Investigators: Jack C. Smith

Health officials have long recognized that special attention is required to identify and deal with health problems unique to people who live along the U.S.-Mexico border. The United States-Mexico Border Health Association conducted this survey on the utilization of family planning and maternal health services among households in the area in 1979. Its aim was to provide information that would be useful to local, state and regional health officials involved in planning and delivery of family planning and maternal health services in the border area. Data include information on fertility, family planning, maternal and child health, alcohol consumption, smoking, and knowledge of contraception. Some general desciptive information about the area surveyed is also included.

University of Utah Adolescent Family Study, 1980-1985

Investigators: Arthur B. Elster

Records of clinic-intake interviews conducted in the University of Utah's Teen Mother and Child Program over the period 1980-1985 provided data for the study. Respondents were mostly middle-class Caucasian adolescent mothers and their partners living in Utah. Data include reactions to the pregnancy, changes in relationships due to the pregnancy, mother and father's history of drinking smoking and substance use, history of physical and sexual maltreatment, educational status, employment status, religion, sources of emotional support, contraceptive use and anxieties involving parenthood. The TMCP clinic serves a primarily white urban population in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is operated by the Department of Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine, University of Utah Medical School. A multidisciplinary team of nurse midwife, social worker, nutritionist, financial counselor, outreach counselor, nurse educator, and pediatricians provides a variety of medical, nutritional, and psychosocial services to clients at the hospital site. The file may be merged with DAAPPP Data Set C1 (variable MEXC3001 in Data Set C2 matches variable MEXC1610 in Data Set C1) and/or DAAPPP Data Set C2 (variable MEXC3001 in Data Set C3 matches varible MEXC2001 in Data Set C2).

University of Utah Adolescent Pregnancy Evaluation and Outcome Study, 1983-1984

Investigators: Arthur B. Elster

The program being evaluated is the Teen Mother and Child Program (TMCP) of the University of Utah, an outpatient hospital-based multidisciplinary health and education program which also contains a client home-visit component for pregnant and parenting teens. (The care program is called TMCP; the evaluation of that program is called APEOS.) The study (APEOS) began in 1981 and AFL funding began in October 1982. TMCP is being compared with traditional, more fragmented services provided to a convenience sample of teens in the community through enrollment in the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program. The 260 cases in the data file consist of 125 from the TMCP program and 135 from the WIC program, all of whom received services during an 18-month period between January 1983 and July 1984. The evaluation consists of (1) demographic, prenatal and pregnancy information; (2) a 4-week follow-up; (3) a 6-month follow-up; (4) a set of 9-month Bayley scores; (5) a 12-month follow-up; (6) an 18-month follow-up; (7) a 26-month follow-up; and (8) a set of 26-month Bayley scores. Data include maternal educational and occupational information, maternal child development, parenting knowledge and behavior, maternal and infant health, maternal psychosocial status, infant mental and motor development, infant language development, and infant health status. The evaluation is designed to test the hypothesis that a comprehensive and coordinated teen pregnancy program which includes medical, nutritional and psychosocial services at a single site can improve obstetrical and perinatal outcomes, improve mother and infant health development, improve maternal vocational educational outcomes and reduce the rate of rapid repeat pregnancies. The last variable in the present data set is MEXC1610, ``ID Number for DAAPPP Data Sets C2 and C3,'' and can be used to link data from the same cases in the other two data sets.

University of Utah Teen Mother and Child Program Background Data, 1981-1986

Investigators: Arthur B. Elster

The study was conducted by the University of Utah School of Medicine. Respondents were all teen mothers who had at least one delivery at a Teen Mother and Child Program (TMCP) clinic during 1981-1986. The data set includes demographic and socioeconomic information on the mother and father, as well as prenatpael, rinatal, and postnatal health data on mother and child. The TMCP clinic serves a primarily white urban population in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is operated by the Department of Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine, University of Utah Medical School. A multidisciplinary team of nurse midwife, social worker, nutritionist, financial counselor, outreach counselor, nurse educator, and pediatricians provides a variety of medical, nutritional, and psychosocial services to clients at the hospital site. One unique feature of TMCP is a volunteer advocacy program which provides health and parenting education in a home setting. The professional team makes a clinical assessment of which teens would benefit from the intensive home-based program. Usually, the most socially high-risk parents, those most at risk for abusing their children, are selected. The volunteers for this program are recruited, trained, and supervised by the outreach counselor. During the home visits, young mothers are taught the skills that will enable them to become better parents. Individualized goals are developed for each teen mother. The file may be merged with DAAPPP Data Set C1 (variable MEXC2043 in Data Set C2 matches variable MEXC1610 in Data Set C1) and/or DAAPPP Data Set C3 (variable MEXC2001 in Data Set C2 matches varible MEXC3001 in Data Set C3).

Urban Mens Health Survey (UMHS), 1997-98

Investigators: Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS); University of California, San Francisco

The Urban Men's Health Study (UMHS) is a telephone interview of a probability sample of men who have sex with men (MSMs) living in four cities – San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. An MSM was defined as any male who reported same sex contact since age 14 or who self-identified as gay or bisexual. The dataset contains 855 variables and 2881 cases. Data were collected between November 1996 and February 1998 on the respondent's sexual behaviors in the preceding 12 months, information on up to four (4) male or female partners, sexual development, anti-gay victimization, sexual coercion, access to medical care, sexual problems, depression, alcohol and drug use, STD assessment, HIV antibody test, attitudes about being HIV positive, and well-being. A total of 2,881 interviews were obtained between November 1996 and February 1998. Data were collected on the respondent's sexual behaviors in the preceding 12 months, information on up to four (4) male or female partners, sexual development, anti-gay victimization, sexual coercion, access to medical care, sexual problems, depression, alcohol and drug use, STD assessment, HIV antibody test, attitudes about being HIV positive, and well-being. Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish (n=17) at a time of the respondents' choosing and lasted an average of 75 minutes. Only male interviewers were employed for the MSM screening and questionnaire portions of the interview.

Use and Expenditure on Complementary Medicine in England: A Population Based Survey, 1998

Investigators: Kate Thomas, Jon Nicholl, Patricia Coleman, & Christian Stacey

Use and Expenditure on Complementary Medicine in England was a population-based, cross-sectional, mail survey of adults in England. The survey was conducted in 1998 by researchers at the Medical Centre Research Unit, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield. The survey was conducted to generate reliable population-based estimates of use of practitioner-provided complementary therapies in England in 1998. A previously piloted mail questionnaire was sent to sample members. The survey collected information on lifetime use and use in the past 12 months of specific types of complementary therapies and over-the-counter remedies. Information was also collected on the most recent visit to a complementary therapy provider, including reason for visit, expenditures, insurance, and location of treatment.

Ventura County Survey of Unmarried Pregnant Women Aged 13-20, 1972-74

Investigators: Jerome Evans, Winston Chow, and Marvin Eisen

During the period of the study (1972-74), the Public Health Clinic in Ventura County, California served as the primary intake point for nearly all women who received abortions in the county. In addition, large numbers of pregnant women who did not have abortions came to the clinic for prenatal care and counseling. A standard schedule of questions was administered to a sample of unmarried pregnant women between the ages of 13 and 20. These questions focused on contraceptive knowledge, attitudes, and usage; attitudes regarding abortion; and perceived opinions and attitudes of significant others. Additional data included information on work and leisure activities, sexual and reproductive knowledge, and attitudes toward sexuality. The data thus facilitate the stud of changes in attitudes and knowledge following pregnancy and contact with the clinic, as well as analysis of factors leading to various decisions regarding the outcomes of the pregnancies.