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National Survey of Families and Households, 1987-1988

(2 datasets; 118,304 KB)

Principal Investigator(s): Bumpass, Larry L.; Sweet, James A.

Summary: This collection provides data on the family experience in the United States. At a time when the range of family structures is becoming more and more diverse, this study permits a close examination of the resulting family compositions and household operations. One adult, the primary respondent, was chosen from each of 13,017 households in the study. In addition to the main interview conducted with the primary respondent, a shorter, self-administered questionnaire was given to the sp... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06041.v1

Access Notes

  • This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA), the aging program within ICPSR. NACDA is sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Heath (NIH).

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