National Survey of Families and Households: Wave I, 1987-1988, and Wave II, 1992-1994

The National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH) provides data on the family experience in the United States. At a time when the range of family structures is becoming more and more diverse, this study permits a close examination of the resulting family compositions and household operations. Data were gathered on the composition of families, family background, and on the relationship of household members to each other, including marriage, separation, and divorce histories, adoption, child custody arrangements, and stepfamily relations. Respondents were also asked about the quality of their relationships with their parents, children, and in-laws. Information on economic well-being is also provided, including earnings from wages, self-employment income, interest, dividends, investments, pensions, Social Security, public assistance, and child support/alimony. Demographic variables include sex, age, and marital status. For Wave I of the NSFH, which was conducted from March 1987 through May 1988, one adult, the primary respondent, was chosen from each of the households in the sample. In addition to the main interview conducted with the primary respondent, a shorter, self-administered questionnaire was given to the spouse or cohabiting partner of the primary respondent. The NSFH Wave I sample was reinterviewed for the second wave of the survey, which was conducted from 1992 through August of 1994. The Wave II survey included the following components: (1) an interview of all surviving members of the original sample via face-to-face personal interview, (2) a personal interview with the current spouse or cohabiting partner almost identical to the interview with the main respondent, (3) a personal interview with the original spouse or partner of the primary respondent in cases where this relationship had ended, (4) a telephone interview with "focal children" who were originally aged 13-18 in Wave I, (5) a short telephone interview with "focal children" who were originally aged 5-12 in Wave I, (6) short proxy interviews with a surviving spouse or other relative in cases where the original respondent had died or was too ill to interview, and (7) a telephone interview with a randomly-selected parent of the main respondent. Part 1 of this collection contains Wave I data, and Parts 2-16 provide data for Wave II.

国家家庭与住户调查（NSFH）提供了关于美国家庭经验的数据。在家庭结构日益多样化的背景下，本研究允许对由此产生的家庭构成和家务运作进行细致入微的审视。调查收集了有关家庭组成、家庭背景以及家庭成员间关系的资料，包括婚姻、分居和离婚史、收养、儿童监护安排以及继家庭成员关系。受访者还被询问了他们与父母、子女及姻亲关系的质量。经济福祉信息亦被提供，包括工资收入、自营职业收入、利息、股息、投资、养老金、社会保障、公共援助以及子女抚养费/赡养费。人口统计学变量包括性别、年龄和婚姻状况。NSFH第一波调查于1987年3月至1988年5月进行，从样本中的每个家庭中选取一位成年人为主要受访者。除了对主要受访者进行的主要访谈外，还向主要受访者的配偶或同居伴侣发放了一份较短的自填问卷。NSFH第一波样本在1992年至1994年8月的第二次调查中被重新访谈。第二次调查包括以下部分：（1）对原始样本中所有存活成员进行面对面个人访谈，（2）对当前配偶或同居伴侣进行与主要受访者访谈几乎相同的个人访谈，（3）在原配偶或伴侣关系终止的情况下，对主要受访者的原配偶或伴侣进行个人访谈，（4）对在第一波中最初年龄为13-18岁的“焦点儿童”进行电话访谈，（5）对在第一波中最初年龄为5-12岁的“焦点儿童”进行简短的电话访谈，（6）在原始受访者去世或因病无法接受访谈的情况下，对存活配偶或其他亲属进行简短代理访谈，（7）对主要受访者的随机选取的父母进行电话访谈。本收集的第一部分包含第一波数据，第二部分至第十六部分提供了第二波的数据。