National Survey of America's Families (NSAF), 1997

The National Survey of America's Families (NSAF) is a
household survey that provides a comprehensive look at quantitative
measures of the well-being of children, adults, and their families.
While the focus of the survey is at the state level, the scope is
national -- with a primary emphasis on low-income families. NSAF
information was gathered from interviews conducted with the Most
Knowledgeable Adult (MKA), the person in the household who was most
knowledgeable about the questions being asked about the respondent,
their spouse/partner (if applicable) and the focal child (or children).
Data were collected from more than 40,000 families in two stages.
First, a screener interview was administered to determine whether a
household was eligible to complete the second, extended interview.
Two types of extended interviews were administered. Option A
interviews were used in households with children under age 18. Option
B interviews were used in childless adult households and also with
emancipated minors. The extended interview was divided into several
sections and is labeled A through P below:

A. Student Status. This section contained two
questions that asked whether the respondent was a student and whether
that household was the respondent's usual residence.
B. Health Status and Satisfaction. These
questions asked about the respondent's satisfaction with health care,
access to health care, the health status of the focal children, and
the health status of the respondent.
C. Parent/Child/Family Interaction and Education.
This series of questions asked about education for focal children.
Questions addressed the focal child's current grade (or the last grade
completed) and the child's attitudes toward school and schoolwork,
skipping school, suspensions, and changing schools. Questions were
also asked about children over 11 years old working for pay
and attending summer school.
D. Household Roster. In this section, the name,
age, and sex of all persons living in the household were recorded, and
relationships between all household members were
investigated.
E. Health Care Coverage. Information was gathered
about current health insurance coverage for the respondent, the
respondent's spouse/partner, and the focal children. Questions were
also asked about characteristics of that coverage and of periods in
which family members had no insurance coverage.
F. Health Care Use and Access. This section
gathered information about health status, health care services
received, and necessary health care services that were postponed
during the preceding 12 months. Questions on routine care, overnight
stays in hospitals, dental care, mental health care, women's health
care, well-child care, and prescription medicines were also
included.
G. Child Care. In this section, respondents were
queried as to child care arrangements including Head Start, child care
centers, before- or after-school care, and babysitters. Questions were
asked about the total number of hours per week in each care situation,
the typical number of children cared for, the typical number of adult
child care providers, and child care costs.
H. Nonresidential Parent/Father. These questions
determined whether a focal child had a nonresident parent, how often
the child saw his/her nonresident parent, whether the nonresident
parent provided financial support, and whether nonresident parents
were required by child support orders to provide financial
support.
I. Employment and Earnings. This section
contained a series of questions about the employment and earnings of
the respondent and the spouse/partnerfor the current and preceding
year. Topics included employment status, occupation, industry,
employer-provided health insurance, hours worked, and earnings. Some
questions were also asked about the earnings of other family
members.
J. Family Income. Family income also was
identified from a wide variety of sources other than earnings from
employment. These sources included public assistance (e.g., Aid to
Families with Dependent Children [AFDC], General Assistance, Emergency
Assistance, or vouchers), Food Stamps, child support, foster care
payments, financial assistance from friends or relatives, unemployment
compensation, workers' compensation or veterans' payments,
Supplemental Security Income, Social Security, pe

《美国家庭全国调查》（NSAF）是一项针对家庭的综合调查，旨在全面审视儿童、成人及其家庭福祉的量化指标。尽管调查的重点在州级层面，但其范围覆盖全国，尤其关注低收入家庭。NSAF信息通过访谈收集而来，访谈对象为家庭中最熟悉调查问题者——最知情成年人（MKA），此人通常对受访者的个人信息、配偶/伴侣（如适用）以及焦点儿童（或儿童）了如指掌。数据收集分为两个阶段，涉及超过40,000个家庭。首先，进行筛选访谈，以确定家庭是否有资格完成第二阶段的扩展访谈。扩展访谈分为两种类型：选项A访谈适用于有18岁以下儿童的家庭，选项B访谈适用于无子女的成人家庭以及已独立的未成年人。扩展访谈分为若干部分，以下标注为A至P：

A. 学生状况。本部分包含两个问题，询问受访者是否为学生以及该家庭是否为受访者的常住地。
B. 健康状况与满意度。这些问题涉及受访者对医疗保健的满意度、医疗保健的获取情况、焦点儿童的健康状况以及受访者的健康状况。
C. 父母/子女/家庭互动与教育。这一系列问题关注焦点儿童的教育。问题涉及焦点儿童当前年级（或最后完成的年级）以及儿童对学校和学习态度、逃学、停学以及转学的情况。此外，还询问了11岁以上儿童有偿工作和参加暑期学校的状况。
D. 家庭成员名单。在本部分中，记录了所有居住在家庭中的成员的姓名、年龄和性别，并调查了所有家庭成员之间的关系。
E. 医疗保险覆盖。收集了关于受访者、配偶/伴侣以及焦点儿童当前医疗保险覆盖情况的信息。还询问了该覆盖范围的特性以及家庭成员无保险覆盖的时期。
F. 医疗保健使用与获取。本部分收集了关于过去12个月内健康状况、接受的医疗保健服务以及推迟的必要医疗保健服务的信息。还包括关于常规护理、医院过夜住宿、牙科保健、心理健康保健、妇女保健、儿童保健和处方药物的问题。
G. 儿童保育。在本部分中，受访者被询问有关儿童保育安排，包括学前教育、托儿中心、课前后保育以及保姆。还询问了每种保育情况下每周的总小时数、典型照看儿童的数量、典型成人保育提供者的数量以及儿童保育费用。
H. 非居住父母/父亲。这些问题旨在确定焦点儿童是否有非居住父母、儿童多久见一次非居住父母、非居住父母是否提供经济支持，以及非居住父母是否根据抚养权命令提供经济支持。
I. 就业与收入。本部分包含一系列关于受访者及其配偶/伴侣当前及上一年的就业和收入问题。包括就业状况、职业、行业、雇主提供的医疗保险、工作时间以及收入。还询问了其他家庭成员的收入。
J. 家庭收入。家庭收入还包括来自就业收入以外的多种来源。这些来源包括公共援助（例如，抚养子女家庭援助[AFDC]、一般援助、紧急援助或券）、食品券、抚养费、寄养照顾支付、来自朋友或亲戚的经济援助、失业补偿、工人赔偿或退伍军人支付、补充安全收入、社会保障等。