Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study [Public Use Data] Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne Garfinkel, Irwin McLanahan, Sara S. Paxson, Christina child care child health child rearing child welfare children demographic characteristics domestic responsibilities families family relationships fathers marital status marriage parents unwed mothers DSDR.IV ICPSR.XVII.H DSDR.VIII HMCA.V The Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study follows a cohort of new parents and their children and provides previously unavailable information about the conditions and capabilities of new unwed parents and the well-being of their children. Mothers and fathers were interviewed in the hospital shortly after the birth of their children. The baseline questionnaires for mothers and fathers include information on (1) prenatal care, (2) mother-father relationships, (3) expectations about fathers' rights and responsibilities, (4) attitudes toward marriage, (5) parents' health, (6) social support and extended kin, (7) knowledge about local policies and community resources, and (8) education, employment, and income. Follow-up interviews gather additional information including (1) access to and use of healthcare and childcare services, (2) experiences with local welfare and child support agencies, (3) parental conflict and domestic violence, and (4) child health and well-being. 2011-12-06 observational data survey data 31622 10.3886/ICPSR31622.v1 Austin Baltimore Birmingham Boston California Chicago Corpus Christi Detroit Florida Illinois Indiana Indianapolis Jacksonville Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Milwaukee Nashville New Jersey New York (state) New York City Newark Norfolk Oakland Ohio Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pittsburgh Richmond San Antonio San Jose Santa Ana Tennessee Texas Toledo United States Virginia Wisconsin 1997--2003 ICPSR metadata records are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/).