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.

《新型家庭结构研究》（NFSS）是一项比较性的社会科学数据收集项目，专注于研究在美国成长的不同家庭结构中（年龄在18-39岁之间）的年轻成年人。该样本包括在生物学上完整的家庭中生活的受访者、与同居父母生活、被收养、继父母或单身父母生活、与有同性恋关系的父母生活，或在离婚后再次结婚的父母生活的受访者。受访者被询问了包括社会行为（如教育成就和表现、工作历史、冒险精神和宗教信仰）、健康行为（如物质滥用、性传播感染和情绪状态，包括抑郁、愤怒和压力）以及人际关系（包括浪漫关系的质量和稳定性、婚姻史、生育能力、性取向和家庭联系）在内的多个主题。此外，还询问受访者是否在2008年总统选举中投票，他们在各种活动上花费了多少时间；观看电视、游戏以及社交网站上的时间，以及他们有多少Facebook“朋友”。人口统计信息包括年龄、教育水平、种族、性别、收入、婚姻状况、就业状况和家庭规模。