| Source |
Survey
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| Title |
Self-Administered Personal Opinion Survey (POS)
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
30,465 welfare applicants and recipients.
Sample of all members of program and control groups.
Collected prior to random assignment.
|
| Sites |
Atlanta, Georgia,
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Riverside, California
Portland, Oregon
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Reported response rates:
97.9% Atlanta
99.3% Grand Rapids
84.8% Riverside (AFDC)
78.7% Riverside (AFDC-UP)
95.6% Portland (AFDC)
94.9% Portland (AFDC-UP)
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
|
| |
| Source |
Interview
|
| Title |
Structured intake interview
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
47,914 welfare applicants and recipients.
Sample of all program and control group members.
Collected prior to random assignment.
|
| Sites |
All sites.
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Reported response rate:
99.8%
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
Conducted by welfare staff.
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| |
| Source |
Administrative data
|
| Title |
Test of Applied Literacy Skills (TALS)
(Reading Literacy test)
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
10,334 welfare applicants and recipients.
Sample of all program and control group members.
Collected at baseline.
|
| Sites |
Atlanta, Georgia
Grand Rapids, Michigan
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Reported response rate:
89%.
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
|
| |
| Source |
Administrative data
|
| Title |
GAIN Approval reading test- form 2
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
14,121 welfare applicants and recipients.
Sample of all program and control group members.
Collected at baseline.
|
| Sites |
Riverside, California
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Reported response rate:
89%
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
|
| |
| Source |
Administrative data
|
| Title |
Oregon Basic Adult Skills Inventory System (BASIS)
(Reading and Literacy test)
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
5,000 welfare applicants and recipients.
Sample of all program and control group members.
Collected at baseline.
|
| Sites |
Portland, Oregon
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Reported response rate:
89%
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
|
| |
| Source |
Administrative data
|
| Title |
GAIN Appraisal Math Test - Form 2
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
24,465 welfare applicants and recipients.
Sample of all program and control group members.
Collected at baseline.
|
| Sites |
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Riverside, California
Atlanta, Georgia
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Reported response rate:
89%
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
|
| |
| Source |
Administrative data
|
| Title |
Oregon BASIS Math Test
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
5,000 welfare applicants and recipients.
Sample of all program and control group members.
Collected at baseline.
|
| Sites |
Portland, Oregon
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Reported response rate:
89%
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
|
| |
| Source |
Field Research
|
| Title |
Key informant interview and site visits
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Field visits to each site at beginning of the evaluation and periodic interviews with staff.
Data collection periodic.
|
| Sites |
All sites.
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Response rate not reported.
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
|
| |
| Source |
Administrative data
|
| Title |
JOBS case file data
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Sample of all program group members.
Collected at six months of program participation.
|
| Sites |
All sites.
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
|
| |
| Source |
Interview
|
| Title |
Semi-structured interviews regarding efforts to implement JOBS and managerial strategies
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Interviews with JOBS program administrators.
Collected Spring, 1993.
|
| Sites |
All sites.
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Reported response rate: close to 100%
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
|
| |
| Source |
Administrative data
|
| Title |
Case file documents, including standard program forms, case notes, and correspondence between AFDC recipients, case workers, and JOBS activity providers
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Approximately 2,000 welfare recipients (single-parent families).
Sample of program group members.
Collected from date of random assignment to 24 months later.
|
| Sites |
All sites.
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
|
| |
| Source |
Survey
|
| Title |
In-person two-year client survey
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Approximately 6,000 program and control group members.
Interviews at 2 years after study entry.
|
| Sites |
Atlanta, Georgia
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Riverside, California
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Reported response rate:
over 80%
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
|
| |
| Source |
Administrative data
|
| Title |
AFDC records, Unemployment Insurance (UI) records, and food stamp records
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
All program and control group members, to be followed from study entry to 5 years later.
|
| Sites |
All sites.
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
|
| |
| Source |
Interview
|
| Title |
Home Survey: mother interview
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
790 mothers in the “Descriptive Study”.
Collected three months after random assignment.
|
| Sites |
Fulton County, Georgia
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Response rate not reported.
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
|
| |
| Source |
Direct observations of child interactions
|
| Title |
Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (Short Form) or HOME-SF
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Home environment of 790 mothers in the “Descriptive Study”.
Collected three months after random assignment.
|
| Sites |
Fulton County, Georgia
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
|
| |
| Source |
Developmental assessments/screenings
|
| Title |
Preschool Inventory
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Children of 790 mothers in “Descriptive Study”.
Collected three months after random assignment.
|
| Sites |
Fulton County, Georgia
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
|
| |
| Source |
Survey
|
| Title |
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R)
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Children of 790 mothers in “Descriptive Study.”
Collected three months after random assignment.
|
| Sites |
Fulton County, Georgia
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
Comparative data presented from a national survey for African-American children only.
|
| |
| Source |
Survey
|
| Title |
Personal Maturity Scale
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
790 mothers (scale for each child) in “Descriptive Study”.
Collected three months after random assignment.
|
| Sites |
Fulton County, Georgia
|
| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
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