| Source |
Survey
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| Title |
Telephone follow-up survey (average of 28 months after intake)
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
3,867 parenting or pregnant with first child (Chicago only) teenage welfare recipients.
Random sample of young mothers who completed intake.
1,924 in control group; 1,943 experimental group.
Data collected an average of 28 months after intake (intake period was July 1987-April 1990)
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| Sites |
All sites.
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Reported response rate:
85%. (random sample of those who completed intake)
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Survey was conducted by telephone with in-person follow-up as needed.
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| Source |
Survey
|
| Title |
Teenage Parent Demonstration Intake and Assessment Forms
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
5,297 parenting or pregnant with first child (Chicago only) teenage welfare recipients.
2,650 in control group; 2,647 in experimental group.
Data collected at baseline.
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| Sites |
All sites.
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Reported response rate:
89% of eligible
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Administered in groups by program staff prior to random assignment.
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| Source |
Administrative data
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| Title |
Welfare and Earnings records
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Records for 5,297 welfare recipients.
Sample includes all those who completed intake.
2,650 in control group; 2, 647 in experimental group.
Data collected for a period of 5 to 7 years following intake.
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| Sites |
All sites.
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Reported response rate:
100% (of those who completed intake)
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| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
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| Source |
Field Research
|
| Title |
Program monitoring visits
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
All relevant program staff.
Numerous visits during the period from 1986 to 1991.
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| Sites |
All sites.
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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 |
Focus Group
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
88 teenage welfare recipients in the experimental and control groups.
Convenience sample.
Focus groups conducted Aug- Nov 1988.
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| Sites |
All sites.
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
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| Source |
Interview
|
| Title |
Semi-structured in-depth interviews
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
70 teenage welfare recipients in the experimental and control groups.
Convenience sample.
Number in control/experimental groups not reported.
Interviews conducted Oct. - Dec. 1989.
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| Sites |
All sites.
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
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| |
| Source |
Survey
|
| Title |
Telephone second follow-up survey
(average of 78 months after intake)
|
| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
3,499 demonstration sample members.
Random sample of those who completed intake.
1,769 in experimental group; 1,730 in control group.
Data collected Oct 1994- July 1996, an average of 78 months after intake.
|
| Sites |
All sites.
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Reported response rate:
85% (random sample of those who completed intake)
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
Telephone survey using computer-assisted telephone interviewing, with in-person follow-up as needed.
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| |
| Source |
Developmental assessments/screenings
|
| Title |
Child assessments conducted in conjunction with second follow-up survey (an average of 81 months after intake)
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
2,097 children of demonstration sample members.
Sample of 1,065 in experimental group; 1,032 in control group.
(Sample included oldest children of sample members who completed the second follow-up survey and who still lived near the demonstration areas. Only children age 5 to 8 were included.)
Collected October 1994 - July 1996.
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| Sites |
All sites.
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Reported response rate:
78%.
|
| Additional Execution Notes |
Assessments included in-person assessment of child and a self-administered survey about the child completed by the mother.
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