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Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FF)
Data files from this collection are available only to PRI affiliates
STIPULATIONS FOR USE: Access to the FF collection at PRI is restricted to Penn State PRI researchers. You must obtain approval to use the data from the Princeton University Office of Population Research (OPR) Data Archive and forward this approval to the data archivist in order to be granted access to the data.
DESCRIPTION: The Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, also called "The Survey of New Parents," follows a birth cohort of (mostly) unwed parents and their children over a five-year period. The study is designed to provide new information on the capabilities and relationships of unwed parents, as well as the effects of policies on family formation and child wellbeing.
ORIGINATING AGENCY / PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Center for Research on Child Wellbeing (CRCW) (Princeton University) and Social Indicators Survey Center (SIS Center) (Columbia University).
RELATED WEB SITES:
The Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study Website
Data Alerts for the FF
OPR Data Archive FF Web Page (questionnaires and other select documents can be viewed prior to registration)
PRI FACULTY, AFFILIATES, AND STUDENTS: Restricted Use data containing geographic identifiers may also be requested. Contact the data archivist for assistance in submitting your application.
Note that updates and newer data are available. PRI affiliates may request these data from the data archivist.
| Year(s) / Wave(s) | Data Location | Input Statement | Document Location |
| Baseline downloaded 6/28/05 Note: these files were re-released with final versions of weights 5/15/08 |
POPNET: /nfs/data/public/fragile/ baseline/mother/ and /father/ *.dat and *.sav (SPSS v. 12) |
POPNET: /nfs/data/public/fragile baseline/mother/ and /father/ *.sas, *.sps, and *.do/dct |
POPNET: Codebooks and questionnaires located in /father and /mother subdirectories (*.txt) |
| One Year Follow-up downloaded 6/28/05 Note: these files were re-released with final versions of weights 5/15/08 |
POPNET: /nfs/data/public/fragile/ oneyear/mother/ and /father/ *.dat and *.sav (SPSS v. 12) |
POPNET: /nfs/data/public/fragile oneyear/mother/ and /father/ *.sas, *.sps, and *.do/dct |
POPNET: Codebooks and questionnaires located in /father and /mother subdirectories (*.txt) |
| Three Year Follow-Up Core downloaded 10/18/05 Note: these files were re-released with final versions of weights 5/15/08 |
POPNET: /nfs/data/public/fragile/threeyear |
POPNET: /nfs/data/public/fragile/threeyear /nfs/data/public/fragile/threeyear |
POPNET:
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| Three Year Follow-Up In-Home Longitudinal Study of Preschool Aged Children (36 mos.) downloaded 10/18/05 Note: these files were re-released 3/31/09 |
POPNET: /nfs/data/public/fragile/long_preschool /*.sas7bdat |
POPNET: /nfs/data/public/fragile/long_preschool /*.sas |
POPNET: /qnaires/*.doc (questionnaire files) |
| Five-Year Core released 8/8/08 |
Contact the data archivist or download directly from Princeton Office of Population Research |
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| Five-Year In-Home released 2/4/09; updated 3/31/09 |
Contact the data archivist or download directly from Princeton Office of Population Research |
DATA DISSEMINATED BY: Office of Population Research Data Archive, Princeton University
