National Survey of American Families

DESCRIPTION: The National Survey of America's Families provides a comprehensive look at the well-being of children and non-elderly adults, and reveals sometimes striking differences among the 13 states studied in depth. The survey provides quantitative measures of child, adult and family well-being in America, with an emphasis on persons in low-income families. The survey is representative of the noninstitutionalized, civilian population of persons under age 65 in the nation as a whole and in 13 states: Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin. Together, these states are home to more than half the nation's population and represent a broad range of state characteristics in terms of fiscal capacity, child well-being indicators, and approaches to government programs. Three rounds of the survey have been carried out—the first was completed in 1997, second in 1999, and the third in 2002.

CODEBOOKS: Codebooks are available in pdf format on the local area network (\Public\Data\NSAF\1997\Codebooks) and (…\1999\codebooks) and (...\2002\codebooks) and on CD-rom obtainable from the CFDR office.

DATA: Data are available for the first two waves in 1997 and 1999. Data may be analyzed online at http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/SERIES/00216.xml

LIST OF FREQUENCIES: Frequencies are available for all variables and waves in each codebook.

WEBLINKS: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/SERIES/00216.xml

Full questionnaires are available for download.