Alabama ASSETS Demonstration: Data Sources

Data Sources

Source Administrative data
Title Work and Training Services (WATS) computer subsystem
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection Records on E&T participation and activity for all program group members.
Collected for 36 months after program entry.
Sites All sites.
Response Rate/Attrition Notes N/A
Additional Execution Notes No notes reported.
 
Source Administrative data
Title Alabama Department of Industrial Relations Quarterly Wage Reporting System
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection Records for all non-elderly adults in research sample (number in sample not reported).
Collected quarterly for 36 months after program entry.
Sites All sites.
Response Rate/Attrition Notes N/A
Additional Execution Notes No notes reported.
 
Source Administrative data
Title Child Support Enforcement (CSE) data
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection 58,376 records for all children from households that were NA [Nutrition Assistance]-only.
Data collected 36 months after program entry.
Sites All sites.
Response Rate/Attrition Notes N/A
Additional Execution Notes No notes reported.
 
Source Administrative data
Title AFDC, AFDC-related Medicaid and Food Stamp Data
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection Records for 126,937 welfare recipients.
Sample of all program and comparison group members.
Data collected 36 months after program entry.
Sites All sites.
Response Rate/Attrition Notes N/A
Additional Execution Notes No notes reported.
 
Source Administrative data
Title Alabama DHR [Department of Human Resources] federal cost reports
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection Reports measuring administrative costs of ASSETS program.
Sites All sites.
Response Rate/Attrition Notes N/A
Additional Execution Notes No notes reported.