The Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS), Public Use, United States, 1998-2017

This catalog record includes detailed variable-level descriptions, enabling data discovery and comparison. The data are not archived at ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners (via Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study) directly for details on obtaining the data. The Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) follows a cohort of nearly 5,000 children born in large U.S. cities between 1998 and 2000 (roughly three-quarters of whom were born to unmarried parents). These parents and their children are referred to as "Fragile Families" to underscore that they are families and that they are at greater risk of breaking up and living in poverty than more traditional families. The FFCWS was originally designed to address four main questions of great interest to researchers and policy makers: (1) What are the conditions and capabilities of unmarried parents, especially fathers?; (2) What is the nature of the relationships between unmarried parents?; (3) How do children born into these families fare?; and (4) How do policies and environmental conditions affect families and children? The FFCWS consists of interviews with mothers, fathers, and/or primary caregivers at birth, and again when children are ages one, three, five, nine, and fifteen. The parent interviews collect information on attitudes, relationships, parenting behavior, demographic characteristics, health (mental and physical), economic and employment status, neighborhood characteristics, and program participation. At ages nine and fifteen, children were interviewed directly during home visits or on the telephone. The direct child interviews collect data on family relationships, home routines, schools, peers, and physical and mental health, as well as health behaviors. Many of the measures used in this study overlap with measures from other large-scale studies such as the Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP), Early Head Start, the Teenage Parent Demonstration, and the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Birth Cohort 2000 (ECLS-B).

这个目录记录包含详细的变量级描述，可支持数据发现与比较。数据未存档于ICPSR。用户应直接咨询数据所有者（通过脆弱家庭与儿童福祉研究）以获取数据获取的详细信息。脆弱家庭与儿童福祉研究（Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, FFCWS）追踪了1998年至2000年间在美国大城市出生的近5000名儿童队列（其中约四分之三的儿童父母未婚）。这些父母及其子女被称为“脆弱家庭”，以强调他们作为家庭的属性，同时也突出其相比传统家庭面临更高的破裂风险与贫困风险。FFCWS最初旨在解答研究者与政策制定者高度关注的四个核心问题：（1）未婚父母（尤其是父亲）的状况与能力如何？（2）未婚父母间关系的本质是什么？（3）此类家庭出生的儿童发展状况如何？（4）政策与环境条件如何影响家庭与儿童？FFCWS包含对母亲、父亲及/或主要照料者在儿童出生时的访谈，以及儿童1岁、3岁、5岁、9岁和15岁时的随访访谈。父母访谈收集的信息涵盖态度、关系、育儿行为、人口统计学特征、健康状况（心理与生理）、经济与就业状况、社区特征及项目参与情况。在儿童9岁和15岁时，研究通过家访或电话对其进行直接访谈。儿童直接访谈收集的数据包括家庭关系、家庭日常、学校情况、同伴关系、身心健康状况及健康行为。本研究使用的多项测量工具与其他大型研究（如婴儿健康与发展项目（Infant Health and Development Program, IHDP）、早期启蒙计划（Early Head Start）、青少年父母示范项目（Teenage Parent Demonstration）及2000年出生队列早期儿童纵向研究（Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Birth Cohort 2000, ECLS-B））的测量工具存在重叠。