Ohio's Learning, Earning, and Parenting (LEAP) Analysis, 1989-1993 (ICPSR 38147)
Version Date: Jul 28, 2022 View help for published
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Johannes M. Bos, MDRC;
MDRC
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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38147.v1
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Ohio's statewide Learning, Earning, and Parenting (LEAP) Program began in 1989 to address the problems of teen parents on welfare. Under this program, all teen parents who receive welfare are provided with a substantial financial incentive to attend school. The LEAP evaluation began with the start of the program itself and encompassed 12 Ohio counties, in which the large majority of LEAP teens resided. As part of the study, these teens were randomly assigned, by chance, to one of two groups: a program group, which was subject to the LEAP program, or a control group, which was not. Data were collected on both groups during a four-year follow-up period.
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate Ohio's statewide Learning, Earning, and Parenting (LEAP) Program, which began in 1989 to address the problems of teen parents on welfare.
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A total of 9,685 teens were randomly assigned to the Learning, Earning, and Parenting (LEAP) evaluation. In order to increase the extent to which the sample's experience reflects the effects of a "steady-state" LEAP program, this sample was reduced in two steps. First, 2,003 older teens who experienced LEAP only during its start-up phase when the program operated under rules and procedures different from those that were eventually put in place were excluded from most of the analysis. This reduced the sample to 7,682 teens. Second, even though some administrative records data on earnings and welfare receipt the major data sources for this report are available for all 7,682 teens, the amount of follow-up is limited for part of this sample. However, extensive follow-up data are available for a late cohort of 4,151 teens (in the report, referred to as the "research sample"), randomly assigned during the second (and last) year of random assignment (i.e., August 20, 1990, through September 1991).For more details on how each sample was used, please refer to the documentation.
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Pregnant teenagers and custodial teen parents on welfare in the geographic coverage area.
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