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Pregnancy and Parenthood Project, 1975-1981

Harvard Dataverse (Africa Rice Center, Bioversity International, CCAFS, CIAT, IFPRI, IRRI and WorldFish)

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Title Pregnancy and Parenthood Project, 1975-1981
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/HMV0ZB
 
Creator Grossman, Frances K.
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description The purpose of this longitudinal study was: (1) to increase understanding of the process of childbearing, (2) to identify factors early in pregnancy that are predictive of future problems with childbirth and child rearing, and (3) to compare the experiences of first-time parents with those of parents who already have children.


Initially, approximately 100 women and 90 of their husbands volunteered to participate in this study. At the five-year follow-up visit, an additional sample of 15 families was added to the 44 in the longitudinal sample. Comparison data were collected from 32 Chinese-American families at this time as well.

Participants were studied seven times over a six year period, beginning before the fourth month of pregnancy, and concluding when the children were five years old. Wives, husbands, and eventually children completed a battery of measures that included self-report scales and semistructured interviews. Other data included clinical assessments, unstructured observations, semistructured observations, and videotapes of parent-child interactions at 2 and 5 years old. Videotapes of some of the children at age 7 were made by a student as part of another project. The variables assessed for adults included psychological, marital, sociocultural, physiological, and parental ones. There are also child measures starting at birth. A total of 40-60 measures were administered to all participants throughout the six years.


The Murray Archive holds additional analogue materials for this study: Original record paper data, numeric file data from the various rating and self-report scales, audiotapes of interviews, and some videotapes of parent-child interactions at 2, 5, and 7. The Murray Archive also holds original record paper data from the Chinese-American comparison sample. If you would like to access this material, please apply to use the data.

Audio Data Availability Note: This study contains audio data that have been digitized. There are 1270 audio files available.
 
Subject Social Sciences
 
Type longitudinal, field study