Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study: Data Sources

Data Sources

Source Interview
Title Interviews, conducted by telephone and in-person.
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection 4,898amilies, including 3,712 unwed couples and 1,186 married couples.
Initial interviews with mothers within 24 hours of child's birth, with fathers as soon after birth as possible.
Follow-up interviews with both parents when child is 12, 30, and 48 months.
In home child assessment at 48 months.
Sites All sites.
Response Rate/Attrition Notes Not yet available.
Additional Execution Notes Measures the same as those in evaluations of Infant Health and Development Program, Early Head Start Evaluation, Teenage Parent Demonstration Project, and ECLS-Birth Cohort Study.
 
Source Interview
Title TLC3 Study: In-depth Interviews
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection N=75 families
Sites Chicago, IL; Milwaukee, WI; New York, NY.
Response Rate/Attrition Notes not reported
Additional Execution Notes not reported