| Source |
Survey
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| Title |
In-person special survey of sample of neighborhood residents
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Random sample of 900 dwelling units drawn from the New Hope sample neighborhoods during 1996.
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| Sites |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Reported response rate:
80%
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| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
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| Source |
Focus Group
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| Title |
Information regarding attitudes of those who applied to participate in the New Hope program
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Interviews with 36 program participants.
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| Sites |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Not available.
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Participants volunteered for focus group.
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| Source |
Survey
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| Title |
In-person Background Information Form (BIF)
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
1,357 low-income persons in research sample.
678 program and 679 control group members.
Collected prior to random assignment.
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| Sites |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Reported response rate:
100%
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| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
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| Source |
Survey
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| Title |
In-person Personal Opinion Survey (POS)
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
1,079 low-income persons in research sample.
542 program and 537 control group members.
Collected prior to random assignment.
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| Sites |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Reported response rate:
79%
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
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| Source |
Administrative data
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| Title |
New Hope Management Information System (MIS) regarding access to program participation data and program child care and health insurance data
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Data for 678 program members.
Data collected monthly.
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| Sites |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
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| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
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| Source |
Field Research
|
| Title |
Key informant interview
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Field interviews with program staff and others (number in sample not reported).
Sampling method not reported.
Data collection ongoing via quarterly visits during program operations.
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| Sites |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
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| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
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| Source |
Program descriptions and documents
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| Title |
Program Documents including program rules, materials about the overall structure of agencies that provide services and funding sources
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Documents from New Hope project.
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| Sites |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
Marketing and recruitment documents also included.
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| Source |
Administrative data
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| Title |
AFDC and Unemployment Insurance (UI) records
Food stamp and Medicaid records
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Individual level data on all sample members.
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| Sites |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
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| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
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| Source |
Interview
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| Title |
Structured follow-up interview at 24 months past random assignment
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
1,357 low-income individuals including 745 sample members who had at least one child aged 1-10 at random assignment.
Collected at 24 months after random assignment.
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| Sites |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Entire sample was fielded.
Target response rate: 80%.
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Persons with children between 1 and 10 at baseline complete in-person interview plus a special interview for parents. Their children (up to 2 per household) also complete an interview if they are age 5 or older at follow-up. Other persons complete interview only.
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