Enhancing the PSID Child Development Supplement

Investigators:   Frank P. Stafford, Jacquelynne S. Eccles

In 1997 the Child Development Supplement was added to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) with the goal of improving our understanding of socio-demographic, psychological, and economic aspects of childhood from a nationally representative longitudinal perspective. The second wave of data for the Child Development Supplement (PSID-CDS-II), which was funded by NICHD, will be collected. Extensive information will be collected on child development from a subset of the 3,563 children and their parents who participated in PSID-CDS-I in 1997. In this proposal, we request funds to enhance PSID-CDS-II on two important dimensions: (1) to increase the sample of low-income,children to include those originally interviewed in the first wave and (2) to develop a more efficient infrastructure for distribution and use of the data set by a broad array of researchers. Specifically, we propose to: 1.Collect the second wave of data for 730 children from PSID's low-income oversample. 2.Provide detailed coding of middle school/high school course enrollment and performance information, and facilitate links to school characteristics data. 3.Enhance use of the complex CDS and PSID data archive by creating a unified Oracle-based PSID/CDS Data Center and on-line tutorial. 4. Develop a cohesive, interdisciplinary network of researchers to facilitate and promote use of the CDS.

Funding Period: 06/02/2004 to 08/31/2008

PSC Research Themes:

Life Course Transition: Child, Adolescent, and Adult (Family Formation, Fertility, and Children)
Transitions from School to Work, Work to Retirement (Human Capital, Labor and Wealth)
Contextual Effects (Group Disparities)


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