New Family Structures Study

The New Family Structure Study (NFSS) is a comparative, social-science data-collection project, which focused on American young adults (ages 18-39)
who were raised in different types of family arrangements with varying household experiences.
The sample included respondents that had lived in biologically-intact households, lived with cohabiting parents, adoptive, step, or single parents,
with parents who had same-sex relationships, or with parents who remarried after divorce.
Respondents were asked about a range of topics, including social behaviors: such as educational attainment and
performance, work history, risk-taking, and religiosity; health behaviors: such as substance abuse, sexually transmitted infections,
and emotional states (depression, anger, and stress), and relationships: including the quality and stability of romantic relationships, marital history,
fertility, sexual orientation, and family connectedness.
Additional questions asked whether respondents voted in the 2008 presidential election, how much time they spent on various activities;
watching TV, gaming, and on social networking sites, and how many Facebook "friends" they had.
Demographic information includes age, education level, race, gender, income, marital status, employment status, and household size.

新家庭结构研究（New Family Structure Study，NFSS）是一项比较性社会科学数据采集项目，其研究对象为成长于不同家庭结构、拥有各异家庭生活经历的美国青年群体（年龄18至39岁）。该项目的样本涵盖曾生活在完整原生家庭、与同居父母共同生活、与养父母共同生活、与继父母共同生活、与单亲父母共同生活，父母为同性伴侣，或父母离异后再婚的受访者。受访者需回答一系列主题相关问题，涵盖社会行为、健康行为与人际关系三大领域：社会行为方面包括受教育程度与学业表现、工作经历、风险偏好与宗教虔诚度；健康行为方面包括物质滥用、性传播感染情况以及情绪状态（抑郁、愤怒与压力）；人际关系方面包括恋爱关系的质量与稳定性、婚姻经历、生育情况、性取向与家庭联结感。此外，调研还设置了额外问题，涉及受访者是否参与2008年美国总统大选投票、在各类活动上的耗时情况（如看电视、玩游戏与使用社交网站）以及其拥有的Facebook好友数量。人口统计信息则包括年龄、受教育水平、种族、性别、收入、婚姻状况、就业状况与家庭规模。