| Source |
Survey
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| Title |
Self-administered Background Information Form (BIF)
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
4,287 welfare recipients due for re-certification and who agreed to participate in the study.
Random sample of 2,144 program group and 2,143 control group members.
Collected at baseline, 4/89 - 3/90.
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| Sites |
All sites.
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Reported response rate:
100%
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
Survey administered with worker supervision.
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| |
| Source |
Administrative data
|
| Title |
SDSS (public assistance receipt and child support status) data files
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
4,287 welfare recipients.
Random sample of 2,144 program group and 2,143 control group members.
Collected for first 60 months after sample entry.
|
| Sites |
All sites.
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
Multiple records per household.
|
| |
| Source |
Administrative data
|
| Title |
Tax and finance data files
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
4,287 welfare recipients.
Random sample of 2,144 program group and 2,143 control group members.
Data collected and analyzed for each sample member’s reported earnings for each calendar quarter in the third through fifth years after sample entry.
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| Sites |
All sites.
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
Multiple records per household.
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| |
| Source |
Survey
|
| Title |
In-person and telephone survey
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
4,287 welfare recipients.
Random sample of 2,144 program group and 2,143 control group members .
Collected 1,2, and 5 years after clients enter sample.
|
| Sites |
All sites.
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Reported response rate:
90% after first year.
87% after second year.
83% after fifth year.
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| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
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