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Detroit Area Study, 1962: Family Growth in Detroit (ICPSR 7401)
Released/updated on: 2011-06-16
Geographic coverage: Detroit, United States, Michigan
The main focus of this data collection was women's attitudes toward family and family size. The women interviewed for this study answered questions on past pregnancies and described their attitudes toward large and small families, their reasons for having children, and the nature of their own patterns of family growth. Extensive family background information was also collected, including data on occupation of respondent and husband, age of respondent and husband, education of respondent and husband and their parents, family income, types of savings, and housing information.
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Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Evaluation Project: Kansas and Missouri, Enhanced Early Head Start (ICPSR 33801)
Released/updated on: 2013-01-30
Geographic coverage: United States, Missouri, Kansas
Time period: 2004-01-01--2010-01-01
The Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ (HtE) Demonstration and Evaluation Project was a 10-year study (taken on by the MDRC) that evaluated innovative strategies aimed at improving employment and other outcomes for groups who faced serious barriers to employment. The Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ is the first comprehensive attempt to understand the diverse low-income population and to test interventions aimed at the most common barriers that are encountered in this population's employment. The HtE demonstration was designed to evaluate a variety of innovative ways to boost employment, reduce welfare receipt, and promote well-being in low-income populations. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Enhanced Early Head Start (EHS) program on addressing the developmental needs of young children living in poverty by offering enhanced services aimed at proactively addressing the employment and educational needs of their parents. This program included the addition of on-site self-sufficiency specialists to work with program staff and families on topics such as, formalized employment, self-sufficiency services and community partnerships with local employment-focused and educational agencies. The Early Head Start full research sample consists of 610 individuals randomly assigned between August 2004 and December 2006 (305 members in the program group and 305 in the control group). The research team followed the two groups for over three years, using surveys and administrative data. All 610 sample members completed a baseline survey at random assignment, providing basic demographic information, employment and child care history prior to the study. Two follow-up surveys were collected at the 18-month and 42-month mark. At 42-months, respondents who responded to the 18-month survey were asked about child care activities since their earlier survey interview date, while respondents who responded only to the 42-month survey were asked about child care activities since random assignment. Data were collected on receipt of EHS services and assistance programs, TANF history, type and amount of child care used, child immunization records, parenting, child behavior, child social-emotional skills, as well as child reading and math skills. Demographic information includes age, race, marital status, education, source of income, employment status, and public assistance information.
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National Natality Followback Survey, 1964-1966 (ICPSR 21961)
Released/updated on: 2011-05-09
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1964-01-01--1966-01-01
This collection provides information on a sample of live births in the United States during the calendar years 1964-1966. The natality data in this file are a component of the vital statistics collection effort maintained by the federal government. Geographic variables of residence for births include the state and county, and metropolitan/nonmetropolitan county. Other variables include health insurance coverage, the place of delivery, whether there was an attendant at birth, legitimacy of the child, live-birth order, and the type of delivery. Demographic variables include each sample child's sex and race, birth weight, date of birth, date of death, the parents' age and race, date of birth, education level, place of birth, family income, as well as the mother's marital history, household composition, and employment status during pregnancy. Information was also collected on the sex, date of birth, and date of death of the mother's previous births.
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National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle III, 1982 (ICPSR 8328)
Released/updated on: 2010-04-13
Geographic coverage: United States
This data collection provides information on fertility, family formation, contraception, and related issues for 7,969 women aged 15-44 irrespective of marital status in the United States in 1982. The study consists of data covering a wide range of background characteristics, a number of measures of fertility and contraception, measures of fecundity and birth expectations, use of family planning services, and detailed pregnancy histories. Demographic items specify age, marital history, education, income, occupation, race, ethnicity, residence, and religion.
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National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle IV, 1988 (ICPSR 9473)
Released/updated on: 2009-08-26
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1988-01-01--1988-08-01
The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) Cycle IV interviews covered respondents' pregnancy histories, past and current use of contraception, ability to bear children, use of medical services for family planning, infertility, and prenatal care, marital histories, and associated cohabiting unions. Data on occupation and labor force participation and on a wide range of social, economic, and demographic characteristics are also presented. Cycle IV added questions about AIDS and cohabitation and asked detailed questions on adoption and sexually transmitted diseases.
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National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle VI, 2002 (ICPSR 4157)
Released/updated on: 2008-10-01
Geographic coverage: United States
Cycle VI of the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) was conducted in 2002 by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), with the participation and funding support of nine other programs of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Consistent with previous cycles, Cycle VI contains interviews conducted with females 15-44 years of age. A female pregnancy file was also compiled, consisting of one record per pregnancy for all female respondents having experienced pregnancy. New to Cycle 6 is the introduction of the interviewing of males aged 15-44. The male questionnaire averaged about 60 minutes in length, while the female interview averaged about 80 minutes. For most of the survey a Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) technique was used in which the interviewer entered the respondents' answers into a laptop computer. For the last section of the interview, the survey participants entered their own answers into the computer using a technique called Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interviewing (Audio CASI). The interviews included questions on schooling, family background, marriage and divorce, having and raising children (including contraceptive use, pregnancy outcomes and "wantedness" of pregnancies, infertility and infertility services, family planning services, sterilizing operations, adoption, and medical care), sex education, first sexual intercourse, sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS, religion, race/ethnicity, employment/occupation, income, and insurance.
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Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, Spring 1962 (ICPSR 3637)
Released/updated on: 2009-06-26
Geographic coverage: United States
This survey was undertaken to assess consumer sentiment and buying plans, as well as the effect of attitudes toward expected Social Security benefits, old age insurance, and private pension plans on present economic behavior and planning, and attitudes toward West Germany, family planning, and different modes of travel. Open-ended questions were asked concerning evaluations and expectations about price changes, employment, recession, and the national business situation, as well as the effect of the world political situation on the national business situation. Other variables probe respondents' buying intentions for a house, automobiles, appliances, and other consumer durables, as well as their appraisals of present market conditions for purchasing these items. Additional variables probe respondents' attitudes toward foreign-made goods, as well as their assessment of their financial status relative to the previous year. Information is also provided on respondents' political party identification and neighborhood characteristics. Demographic variables provide information on age, race, sex, religion, education, marital status, occupation, family size, and family income.
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Survey of Consumer Finances, 1963 (ICPSR 7443)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Geographic coverage: United States
This data collection is one in a series of financial surveys of consumers conducted annually since 1946. In a nationally representative sample, the head of each spending unit (usually the husband, the main earner, or the owner of the home) was interviewed. The basic unit of reference in the study was the spending unit, but some family data are also available. The questions in the 1963 survey covered the respondent's attitudes toward national economic conditions and price activity, as well as the respondent's own financial situation. Other questions examined the spending unit head's occupation, and the nature and amount of the spending unit's income, debts, liquid assets, changes in liquid assets, savings, investment preferences, and actual and expected purchases of cars and other major durables. In addition, the survey explored in detail the subject of housing, e.g., previous and present home ownership, value of respondent's dwelling, and mortgage information. The survey also gathered detailed information on marriage, family, and family planning. Personal data include number of people in the spending unit, age, sex, and education of the head, and the race and sex of the respondent.