Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, Public Use, United States, 1998-2017

The Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) follows a cohort of nearly 5,000 children born in large U.S. cities between 1998 and 2000 (roughly three-quarters of whom were born to unmarried parents). These parents and their children are referred to as "Fragile Families" to underscore that they are families and that they are at greater risk of breaking up and living in poverty than more traditional families.

The FFCWS was originally designed to address four main questions of great interest to researchers and policy makers: (1) What are the conditions and capabilities of unmarried parents, especially fathers?; (2) What is the nature of the relationships between unmarried parents?; (3) How do children born into these families fare?; and (4) How do policies and environmental conditions affect families and children?

The FFCWS consists of interviews with mothers, fathers, and/or primary caregivers at birth, and again when children are ages one, three, five, nine, and fifteen. The parent interviews collect information on attitudes, relationships, parenting behavior, demographic characteristics, health (mental and physical), economic and employment status, neighborhood characteristics, and program participation. At ages nine and fifteen, children were interviewed directly during home visits or on the telephone. The direct child interviews collect data on family relationships, home routines, schools, peers, and physical and mental health, as well as health behaviors.

<b>Units of Response: </b>Chlldren and families

<b>Type of Data: </b>Survey

<b>Tribal Data: </b>No

<b>COVID-19 Data: </b>No

<b>Periodicity: </b>Irregular

<b>SORN: </b>Not Applicable

<b>Data Use Agreement: </b>Unavailable

<b>Data Use Agreement Location: </b>Unavailable

<b>Equity Indicators: </b>Disability;Ethnicity;Household Income;Household Size;Housing Status;Military;Race;Religion

<b>Granularity: </b>Household;Individual

<b>Spatial: </b>United States

<b>Geocoding: </b>Unavailable