50 State Database
Urban Institute and Child Trends - National Survey of American Families
| Type of Source: Describes the type of data source: federal administrative data, federal survey, survey conducted by private/nonprofit organizations, and other databases created by non-governmental organizations |
National Survey Data |
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| Source Description and Coverage: Describes how data is collected and the sample representation |
The survey data are drawn to represent national, as well as13 states on the non-institutionalized, civilian population of persons under age 65. Thirteen states are included in the survey and the sample includes over 42,000 households. The survey incorporates measures of child well-being, including child care arrangements. |
| Data Available: Includes a description of all variables available |
Health status, heath care coverage, health care access and use, child education, child care (child care arrangements by type, number of hours per week in child care, primary child care arrangement, number of child care arrangements used each week, cost of care, number of adults at the child�s care group, number of children at the child�s care group, financial support�employer and government�to pay for child care), employment and earnings, family income, welfare program participation, demographics, child and family well being. |
| Child Care Economic Data? Coded as yes if data source has data on size of child care sector (number of establishments, number of employees, wages and gross receipts) |
No |
| Demographic Data? Coded as yes if data source has data on demographics of families and children. |
Yes |
| Early Care and Education Program Data? Coded as yes if data source has data on public and private early care and education enrollment, funding, and regulations. |
Yes |
| Geographic Level: Describes the geographic levels for which data is available |
National average plus Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin |
| Year Available: Gives the year for the most recent data available for each source (as of 2004) |
1997, 1999, and 2002 |
| Link to Cornell Methodology Guide: Links the user to relevant section of the methodology guide for more description about data uses |
Appendix D |
| Raw Data: Links the user to the website of the organization collecting the data, so user can access the raw data |
http://anfdata.urban.org/sdaweb/analysis.cfm |
| In Cornell database? | Not available in Cornell database |