Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study: Study Types

Types of Studies

Type Descriptive/Analytical Study
Aim To conduct fine-grained assessments of how, over time, changes in welfare policy influence neighborhood resources and affect the daily lives of welfare-dependent and working poor families and children.
 
Type Longitudinal/Prospective Study
Aim To make before and after comparisons of families that experienced a program initiative or limitation between interviews; to determine how and whether changes in the welfare system over time affect new cohorts at the same ages and stages of the life course as earlier cohorts; and to examine whether differing policies in various cities have differing effects on parents and children.
 
Type Implementation/Process Study
Aim To understand how new welfare provisions are implemented.