Two waves of survey data are available for all four counties in MDRC's evaluation of the Project on Devolution and Urban Change, including Cuyahoga County (Cleveland), Ohio; Dade County (Miami), Florida; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Los Angeles, California. Files include one SAS data set. Data include five years of follow-up with single mothers between the ages of 18 and 45 who were receiving cash assistance and/or food stamps and living in neighborhoods where either the poverty rate exceeded 30 percent or the rate of welfare receipt exceeded 20 percent in May 1995. The survey covers topics such as service utilization, employment, family and household composition, household income, material hardship, health, domestic violence, and substance use. These data were used in Welfare Reform in Cleveland: Implementation, Effects, and Experiences of Poor Families and Neighborhoods (MDRC, 2002); Welfare Reform in Philadelphia: Implementation, Effects, and Experiences of Poor Families and Neighborhoods (MDRC, 2003); Welfare Reform in Miami: Implementation, Effects, and Experiences of Poor Families and Neighborhoods (MDRC, 2004); Welfare Reform in Los Angeles: Implementation, Effects, and Experiences of Poor Families and Neighborhoods (MDRC, 2005); and other Urban Change reports.

Format: SAS
Sample: 3,960
Vars: 2,745
File ID: UC0601

Two waves of longitudinal survey data are available from MDRC's evaluation of welfare reform in Cuyahoga County (Cleveland), Ohio, as part of the four-city Project on Devolution and Urban Change. Files include one SAS data set. The survey data include five years of follow-up with single mothers between the ages of 18 and 45 who were receiving cash assistance and/or food stamps and living in neighborhoods where either the poverty rate exceeded 30 percent or the rate of welfare receipt exceeded 20 percent in May 1995. The intensive survey covers topics such as service utilization, employment, family and household composition, household income, material hardship, health, child outcomes, domestic violence, and substance use. These data were used in Welfare Reform in Cleveland: Implementation, Effects, and Experiences of Poor Families and Neighborhoods (MDRC, 2002) and other Urban Change reports.

Format: SAS
Sample: 867
Vars: 3,526
File ID: UC0301

Six years of administrative records data from UI earnings, food stamps, and AFDC/TANF; 42-month adult survey data; and 42-month child outcomes survey data are available from MDRC's evaluation of Vermont's Welfare Restructuring Project (WRP). Files include three SAS data sets. This evaluation included single and two-parent welfare applicants and recipients from six research districts chosen for intensive study (Barre, Burlington, Rutland, St. Albans, Newport, and Springfield). In addition to these data, demographic information is provided for each sample member. These data were used in WRP: Final Report on Vermont's Welfare Restructuring Project (MDRC, 2002) as well as in other WRP reports.

Format: SAS
Sample: 7,691; 1,989; 3,741
Vars: 871; 363; 41
File ID: VT0201

Four years of administrative records data from UI earnings, food stamps, and AFDC/TANF; 36-month adult survey data; and 36-month child outcomes survey data are available from MDRC's evaluation of Connecticut's Job First Program. Files include three SAS data sets. This evaluation included single parent welfare applicants and recipients from New Haven and Manchester. In addition to these data, demographic information is provided for each sample member. These data were used in Jobs First: Final Report on Connecticut's Welfare Reform Initiative (MDRC, 2002) as well as in other Jobs First reports.

Format: SAS
Sample: 4,803; 2,424; 4,611
Vars: 1378; 571; 712
File ID: CT0201

Three years of administrative records data from UI earnings, food stamps, and AFDC/MFIP; 36-month adult survey data; and 36-month child outcomes survey data are available from MDRC's evaluation of the Minnesota Family Investment Program. Files include three SAS data sets. This evaluation included single-parent welfare applicants and recipients from seven counties in Minnesota. In addition to these data, baseline demographic information is provided for each sample member. These data were used in MFIP: Reforming Welfare and Rewarding Work: Final Report on the Minnesota Family Investment Program, Volumes 1 and 2 (MDRC, 2000).

Format: SAS
Sample: 14,170; 3,720; 1,929
Vars: 1,807; 564; 1,278
File ID: MF0201

Four years of administrative records data from UI earnings, food stamps, and AFDC/TANF; 48-month adult survey data; and 48-month child outcomes survey data are available from MDRC's evaluation of Florida's Family Transition Program. Files include three SAS data sets. This evaluation included single-parent welfare applicants and recipients from Escambia County. In addition to these data, demographic information is provided for each sample member. These data were used in FTP: Final Report on Florida's Initial Time-Limited Welfare Program (MDRC, 2000) as well as in other FTP reports.

Format: SAS
Sample: 2,815; 1,729; 3,302
Vars: 1,132; 849; 679
File ID: FT0201

Third- and fourth-year AFDC payment data and three to four years of school records follow-up data are available from MDRC's analysis of Ohio's Learning, Earning, and Parenting (LEAP) Program. This evaluation included 12 of the state's counties: Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lorain, Lucas, Montgomery, Muskingum, Stark, Summit, and Trumbull. In addition to these follow-up data (which include LEAP bonus, sanction, and eligibility data), demographic information is provided for each sample member. These data were used in LEAP: Final Report on Ohio's Welfare Initiative to Improve School Attendance Among Teenage Parents (MDRC, 1997) as well as in other LEAP reports.

Format: SAS
Sample: 7,682
Vars: 927
File ID: LP9701

Forty-two months of follow-up data are available from MDRC’s evaluation of New Chance, a comprehensive education, training, and parenting program for educationally disadvantaged teen parents. Demographic data, participation data, and economic and education outcome data were collected on over 2,000 young mothers in 16 sites around the country. These data were used in New Chance: Final Report on a Comprehensive Program for Young Mothers in Poverty and Their Children (MDRC, 1997).

Format: ASCII
Sample: 2,323
Vars: 1,803
File ID: NC9701

Data files from the NEWWS evaluation are maintained by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Click on the following link for information: http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/NEWWS/data-info.htm.

Three years of data are available from this pilot program designed to help disadvantaged pregnant teenagers and teenage mothers achieve economic self-sufficiency. For inquiries regarding these data, please contact:

Sociometrics Corporation
170 State Street, Suite 260
Los Altos, CA 94022-2812

TEL: (650) 949-3282
FAX: (650) 949-3299

socio@socio.com

Employment and earnings data, as well as demographic data, are available on 6,500 individuals who participated in this transitional subsidized work experience program targeted to groups with long-standing employment problems. For inquiries regarding these data, please contact:

ICPSR
University of Michigan
Institute for Social Research
P.O. Box 1248
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248

TEL:
(734) 647-2200

netmail@icpsr.umich.edu