Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study

Author(s): Angel, Ronald; Burton, Linda; Cherlin, Andrew; Moffitt, Robert; Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay;
Date Issued: 2007
Description: A longitudinal study of children and their caregivers in low-income families (incomes less than 200 percent of the government poverty line) living in low-income neighborhoods in three cities: Boston, Chicago and San Antonio.The purpose of the study is to investigate the consequences of policy changes resulting from the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). The survey was designed to provide information on the health, cognitive, behavioral and emotional development of children and on their primary caregivers' labor force behavior, welfare experiences, family lives, use of social service, health, and well-being.
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Funder(s): National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.)
Source: Angel, Ronald, Linda Burton, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Andrew Cherlin, and Robert Moffitt. Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study [Computer file]. ICPSR04701-v7. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-02-10. doi:10.3886/ICPSR04701.v7
Topics: Children & Child Development > Child Development & School Readiness

Parent, School, & Community School Readiness/Child School Success & Performance

Parents & Families > Family Characteristics
Date of Collection: 1999-03--2006-05
Period Coverage: 1999-03--2006-05
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