State Policy Determinants of Teenage Childbearing, 1979

Investigators: Kristin A. Moore

This study was designed to identify and catalog state governmental policies that affect the teenage mother and to describe how those policies may influence teenage childbearing. The policies examined included: Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), prenatal care programs, Medicaid, food stamps, family planning services, age of consent laws, abortion services, and alternatives to childbearing. The outcomes of interest included teenage marriage, pregnancy, childbearing, and abortion rates. Two sets of analyses were carried out in the original study, one focusing on the individual teenage female as the unit of analysis, and the other focusing on the incidence of teenage childbearing within each state or SMSA as a whole. However, only the state-level data are included in the file. The sample thus consists of each of the 50 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. as a whole.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.

State and City Data on Adolescent Fertility, 1970-2001

Investigators: Compiled by Child Trends, Inc: Angela R. Papilla, Kerry Franzetta, Jennifer Manlove, Kristin Moore, Erum Ikramullah, Suzanne Ryan, and Elizabeth Terry-Humen

The 1970-2001 State and City Data Files on Adolescent Fertility is a compilation of secondary data on adolescent and young women's fertility in the United States. Data are provided in two separate Data Sets. The State Data File, Data Set R1, provides statistics on the number of births, first births, non-marital births, birth rates and non-marital birth rates, tobacco use, low birth weight, and the percentage of births to fathers four or more years older than mothers aged 18 or younger for the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Birth rate data span the years 1970 to 2001. This file also includes information about statewide requirements for HIV/STD, abstinence, and contraceptive education. Data Set R1 contains 32 variables; data on birth numbers per state are grouped by age and ethnicity. The City Data File, Data Set R2, provides statistics for 165 large U.S. cities for 2001. Data Set R2 includes 13 variables indicating the number of births, non-marital births, and repeat births per 1,000 women. Number of births are grouped by age and ethnicity.

State and City Data on Adolescent Fertility, 1970-2003

Investigators: Compiled by Child Trends, Inc: Kerry Franzetta, Erum Ikramullah, Jennifer Manlove, Kristin Moore, & Sarah Cottingham

The 1970-2003 State and City Data Files on Adolescent Fertility is a compilation of secondary data on adolescent and young women's fertility in the United States. Data are provided in two separate Data Sets. The State Data File, Data Set S7, provides data on births, non-marital births, repeat births, birth rates, low birth weight, abortions, and sexual activity for the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Birth rate data span the years 1970 to 2003. Data Set S7 contains 27 variables; data on birth numbers per state are grouped by age and ethnicity. The City Data File, Data Set S8, provides statistics for 165 large U.S. cities for 2003. Data Set S8 includes 14 variables with data on births, non-marital births, and repeat births. Number of births are grouped by age and ethnicity.

State and Regional Indicators Archive, 1975-1983

Investigators: Murray A. Straus

This data file includes macro-level data from the 50 states on 55 variables including: Percentages of households receiving aid of some sort, crimes committed by gender, political offices held by race, and marital status by age. Data were compiled from several public and private surveys and publications. 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.

State-Level Data on Adolescent Pregnancy, Assembled by the Alan Guttmacher Institute, 1980

Investigators: Susheela Singh

This study is an examination of state-level data on adolescent pregnancy and related variables. Birthrates, pregnancy rates, and abortion rates are the outcome variables of particular interest. Under investigation are relations between these rates and variables measuring social factors and policy measures. Social factors include population growth and residential mobility, school dropout rates, crime rate, teenage suicide rate, circulation of sexually explicit magazines, voting behavior, and stress level. Policy measures include state spending on education, teacher-student ratio, welfare payments, sex education, availability of Medicaid funds for abortion, and accessibility of abortion providers.

State-Level Data on Adolescent Pregnancy, Assembled by the Institute for Research and Evaluation, 1969-1982

Investigators: Stan E. Weed & Joseph A. Olsen

This study is an examination of state-level data on variables related to adolescent pregnancy. Birthrates, pregnancy rates, and abortion rates are the outcome variables of interest. Under investigation are relations between these rates and variables measuring different social factors, such as residential mobility, rate of poverty, and numbers of teens in organized family planning programs. The file presented here contains only state-level demographic variables and aggregated outcome data. No individual-level data are included. The ``sample'' for this data file thus consists of each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

State-Wide Indian Drug Prevention Program

Investigators: Steven P. Schinke

The program is a drug prevention program, designed to combine a social learning based intervention with bicultural competence theory. Bicultural competence encompasses skills that can enable American-Indian people to adapt the roles in which they were raised with the culture in which they are surrounded. The three subgoals of bicultural competence, knowledge and practice in communication, coping, and discrimination skills, provide the theoretical foundation for intervention to prevent substance abuse with American-Indian youth. The original program was designed primarily for fourth and fifth grade Native American/Alaskan Native students in s classroom setting, but it can easily be modified for higher-grade levels and other adolescents. The curriculum can be implemented in a wide variety of settings, including public schools, tribal schools, tribal community centers, and student retreats. The intervention is administered in 15 one-hour sessions. Click here to view more detailed information on this program.

States

Investigators:

States are the primary governmental divisions of the United States. The District of Columbia is treated as a statistical equivalent of a state for census purposes. This data set includes data for all 50 states and the District of Columbia and includes 6,321 variables and 51 cases.

Study of Adolescent Sexual Behavior, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1978-1981

Investigators: Richard Udry

The Study of Adolescent Sexual Behavior was a three wave panel study conducted between August 1978 and June 1981 by the Carolina Population Center (CPC). The study explored adolescent attitudes and behavior with respect to sexuality. In addition to student questionnaires, parents of the adolescents were interviewed across all three waves of the study. The DAAPPP file consists of information on student respondents, which is supplemented by information provided by parents, as well as interviewer observations about the respondent. Topics covered in the interview include: physical and sexual development; sexual history; attitudes and beliefs concerning social and sexual behavior; demographic information on the respondent and the respondent's family and household (sex, religion, occupation, etc.); and items concerning the mental health of the respondent pertaining to locus of control, future orientation, and self-satisfaction. The study also used a technique of matching respondent questionnaires to those of friends in the school to analyze the social structure of peer influence on sexual behavior. The matching technique, after being refined for the second wave, obtained same sex matches for more than 90 percent of the respondents, and nearly 90 percent were matched with at least three other respondents.

Study of Adolescent Sexual Behavior, Tallahassee, Florida, 1980-1982

Investigators: Richard Udry

The Study of Adolescent Sexual Behavior, Tallahassee was a two wave panel study conducted between January 1980 and August 1982 by the Carolina Population Center (CPC). The study explored adolescent attitudes and behavior with respect to sexuality. In addition to student questionnaires, parents of the adolescents were interviewed across both waves of the study. The DAAPPP file consists of information on student respondents, which is supplemented by information provided by parents, as well as interviewer observations about the respondent. Topics covered in the interview include: physical and sexual development; sexual history; attitudes and beliefs concerning social and sexual behavior; demographic information on the respondent and the respondent's family and household (sex, religion, occupation, etc.); and items concerning the mental health of the respondent pertaining to locus of control, future orientation, and self-satisfaction. The study also used a technique of matching respondent questionnaires to those of friends in the school to analyze the social structure of peer influence on sexual behavior.