Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education Evaluation, United States, 2011-2016 (ICPSR 37289)

Version Date: Oct 29, 2019

Principal Investigator(s):
Abt Associates; David Fein, Abt Associates; Howard Rolston, Abt Associates

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37289.v2

Version V2 ()

  • V7 [2022-06-28]
  • V6 [2022-04-20] unpublished
  • V5 [2021-11-29] unpublished
  • V4 [2020-07-23] unpublished
  • V3 [2019-12-23] unpublished
  • V2 [2019-10-29] unpublished
  • V1 [2019-05-21] unpublished

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2019-10-29 This collection was updated to include data files and ICPSR codebooks. The previous release only included P.I. documentation files (i.e., codebooks and survey instruments). These P.I. documentation files were also renamed to match the study part number of their corresponding data file.

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Summary

The Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education (PACE) study was designed to produce rigorous evidence for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers about the effectiveness of nine career pathways approaches that sought to increase credentials, employment, and self-sufficiency among low-income, low-skilled Americans. Funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, PACE included nine program-specific evaluation reports. The study was led by Abt Associates, in partnership with MEF Associates, The Urban Institute, and the University of Michigan.

Each program-specific evaluation included an implementation study that examined the design and operation of the program and enrolled students' participation patterns, and an impact study that used an experimental design to measure differences in educational and employment outcomes between individuals randomly assigned to a group that could receive services from the PACE program (treatment group) and a group that could not but could participate in other services in the community (control group). Program impacts were measured 18 to 24 months following random assignment, depending on the program. Follow-up impact reports will cover three and six years after random assignment.

The collection includes the following 7 data files:

  • Analysis Data File (9,242 cases; 152 variables
  • Basic Information Form Data File (9,242 cases; 79 variables)
  • Case Manager/Advisor Data File (105 cases; 223 variables)
  • Instructional Staff Data File (131 cases; 510 variables)
  • Manager/Supervisor Data File (40 cases; 202 variables)
  • First Follow-up Data File (7,139 cases; 1,432 variables)
  • Self-Administered Questionnaire Data File (9,242 cases; 96 variables)

Citation

Abt Associates, Fein, David, and Rolston, Howard. Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education Evaluation, United States, 2011-2016. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-29. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37289.v2

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Funding

United States Department of Health and Human Services. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Restrictions

Access to these data is restricted. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a Restricted Data Use Agreement, specify the reason for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research.

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2011-11 -- 2016-05

Date of Collection

2011-11-01 -- 2016-05-31 (Baseline and 18-month follow-up survey data collection efforts), 2011-11-01 -- 2014-12-31 (Enrollment and random assignment)

Data Collection Notes

  1. For more information, please refer to the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) website, or the Career-Pathways website.

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Time Method

Longitudinal: Cohort / Event-based

Universe

All participants enrolled in the Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education (PACE) study (N=9,295).

Unit(s) of Observation

Individual

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Response Rates

All study participants completed the Baseline Information Form (BIF) and Self-administered Questionnaire (SAQ)

Response rate for the 18-month follow-up survey was 77.2 percent

Presence of Common Scales

See data documentation.

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Original Release Date

2019-05-21

Version History

2019-10-29 This collection was updated to include data files and ICPSR codebooks. The previous release only included P.I. documentation files (i.e., codebooks and survey instruments). These P.I. documentation files were also renamed to match the study part number of their corresponding data file.

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Weight

To address survey nonresponse, the study team developed nonresponse weights, using a standard approach common in survey research. The study team estimated the response propensity for each member of the treatment and control sample, based on empirically selected baseline characteristics. They then sorted the sample in each study arm by the estimated response propensity and divided the sample into five equal-size groups (quintiles). Finally, within each arm and quintile, the study team calculated the empirical response rate, and then took the inverse to calculate the nonresponse-adjusted weight. See the Year Up (YU) appendix for more detail.

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