National Survey of America's Families (NSAF), 1999 / Urban InstituteChild Trends.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Urban Institute.

Child Trends, Incorporated.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 3927.

ICPSR ; 3927

National Survey of America's Families (NSAF) Series ; 3927

Language:

English

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2007.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

The National Survey of America's Families (NSAF) is a household survey that provides a comprehensive look at quantitative measures of the well-being of children, adults, and their families. While the focus of the survey is at the state level, the scope is national -- with a primary emphasis on low-income families. NSAF information was gathered from interviews conducted with the Most Knowledgeable Adult (MKA), the person in the household who was most knowledgeable about the questions being asked about the respondent, their spouse/partner (if applicable) and the focal child (or children). Data were collected from more than 40,000 families in two stages. First, a screener interview was administered to determine whether a household was eligible to complete the second, extended interview. Two types of extended interviews were administered. Option A interviews were used in households with children under age 18. Option B interviews were used in childless adult households and also with emancipated minors. The extended interview was divided into several sections and is labeled A through P below: A. Student Status. This section contained two questions that asked whether the respondent was a student and whether that household was the respondent's usual residence. B. Health Status and Satisfaction. These questions asked about the respondent's satisfaction with health care, access to health care, the health status of the focal children, and the health status of the respondent. It also covered questions about the respondent's awareness of specific insurance programs such as Medicaid, and those associated with the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). C. Parent/Child/Family Interaction and Education. This series of questions asked about education for focal children. Questions addressed the focal child's current grade (or the last grade completed) and the child's attitudes towa... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03927

Contents:

Part 1: Focal Child Data; Part 2: Adult Pair Data; Part 3: Random Adult Data; Part 4: Childless Adult Data; Part 5: Family-Respondent Data; Part 6: Household Data; Part 7: Person Data; Part 8: Social Family Data; Part 9: CPS Family Data

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2008-01-04.

Start: 1999-02; and end: 1999-10.

OCLC:

190871607

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.