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National Survey of America's Families (NSAF)

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Title National Survey of America's Families (NSAF)
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/9Y5U9L
 
Creator N/A
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Users can download this dataset pertaining to the effects of federal policy changes decentralizing social programs from the federal government to the states on low-income families. Topics include: health care, income security, job training and social services.

Background

The National Survey of America’s Families (NSAF) is a multi-year project conducted by the Urban Institute and Child Trend. The NSAF tracks the effects of federal policy changes decentralizing social programs from the federal government to the states. This survey monitors program changes and changes in child, adult and family well-being, with a focus on low-income families. Social programs include: health care, income security, job training, and social service.

U
ser Functionality

Users can download the dataset, which is available for SAS or SPSS.

Data Notes

The NSAF is a cross-sectional household survey used to estimate child, adult and family well-being indicators. Data were collected in 1997, 1999 and 2002. Surveys were completed through random-digit-dial (RDD) telephone interviews with households with a telephone and face-to-face interviews were conducted among households without a telephone. Data are available on a national
and state level.
 
Subject The Urban Institute
child well-being
family well-being
adult well-being
low-income families
social programs
social services
health care
income security
job training
social services
childcare
child care
child development
child support
child welfare
cognition
federal aid
food programs
health attitudes
access to health care
health insurance
healthcare
health care
health services utilization
household composition
household income
living arrangements
mental health
public assistance
student attitudes
welfare
child
children