| Source |
Administrative data
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| Title |
Neighborhood administrative data
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Data regarding welfare receipt from 65 neighborhoods in Los Angeles, CA
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| Sites |
65 neighborhoods in Los Angeles, CA
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Not yet available.
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| Additional Execution Notes |
N/A
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| Source |
Developmental assessments/screenings
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| Title |
Child cognitive assessments
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Adults and children in 3250 households (50 households per neighborhood).
One adult, 1 child under 18, and child’s mother (if different from adult) randomly selected from each household.
Data collected beginning March 2000, 2002, and 2004.
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| Sites |
65 neighborhoods in Los Angeles, CA
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Not yet available.
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Cognitive assessments will be administered to sampled children age 3 and older. Children age 9 and older will be asked questions about educational attainment, friends, and social interaction. Children age 12 and older will be asked about employment, school, and families and neighborhoods.
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| Source |
Interview
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| Title |
Neighborhood key informant interview
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Key informants (school officials, teachers, librarians, local police, religious leaders, and small business owners) and social service (public and private) providers.
Data collected 2000, 2002, and 2004.
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| Sites |
65 neighborhoods in Los Angeles, CA
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Not yet available.
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Informants will be asked about neighborhood conditions and changes, business and social service environment, crime, and other neighborhood problems.
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| Source |
Survey
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| Title |
Household survey
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Adults and children in 3250 households (50 households per neighborhood).
One adult, 1 child under 18, and child’s mother (if different from adult) randomly selected from each household.
Data collected beginning March 2000, 2002, and 2004.
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| Sites |
65 neighborhoods in Los Angeles, CA
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Not yet available.
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| Additional Execution Notes |
All adults and children will be re-interviewed regardless of whether they still live in the same neighborhood. In addition, new entrants into the neighborhood will be interviewed in follow-up surveys.
Adults will be asked questions about household composition, income security, use of social programs, education, employment and residential history.
Mothers of children will be asked about home environment and child’s behavior, academic, health, and social characteristics.
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