Battering, Work, and Welfare in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 2001-2002

The Part 1 (Retrospective Demographic and Hardship Data) data file contains demographic information including living arrangements and income. The Part 2 (Retrospective Education Data) data file contains information related to the respondent's prior education such as dates of enrollment, full- or part-time, and result of schooling period. The Part 3 (Retrospective Employment Data) data file contains information related to the respondent's employment history such as type of job, wages, full- or part-time, and dates of employment. The Part 4 (Retrospective Welfare Data) data file contains information related to the respondent's welfare history such as dates and type of welfare received. The Part 5 (Retrospective Relationship Data) data file contains information related to the Work-Related Control, Abuse, and Sabotage Checklist (WORCASC) and the Work/School Abuse Scale (W/SAS), which asked questions about interference, sabotage, and violence in relationships. The interview protocol also asked about a number of indicators of distress, some of which constitute criteria for the cognitive and emotional problems associated with post-traumatic stress disorder. Respondents were also asked about other measures of physical and emotional distress that could present barriers to safety and solvency through waged work, such as eating disorders, drinking, and pain from injuries. The Part 6 (First Follow-Up Interview Data), Part 7 (Second Follow-Up Interview Data), and Part 8 (Final Follow-Up Interview Data) data files include follow-up information to that collected in Parts 1-5. The Part 9 (Date and Spell Data) data file provides data on the start and end dates of each period of education, each job, each period on welfare, and each relationship, and the Part 10 (Summary Longitudinal Data) data file summarizes some elements of the longitudinal data such as relationship and employment information.