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MDRC Public Use Data Files
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MDRC
stores data files from a number of its evaluations of
welfare-to-work and youth programs. These files, including
documentation, are available to all individuals who request
such data, who are able to use these files without assistance
from us, and who have signed a confidentiality form. Public
Use Files that are currently available are listed below;
additional data files will be made available on an ongoing
basis. If you are interested in obtaining these files,
please contact MDRC by phone at 212/532-3200, or send
e-mail to: Christopher.Bost@mdrc.org.
We hope that you will find these data useful in your future
work.
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Urban Change Client Survey Data from Four Counties
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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 some other Urban Change reports.
Format: SAS
Sample: 3,960
Vars: 2,745
File ID: UC0601
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Urban
Change Cleveland Client Survey Data
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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 5 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% or the rate
of welfare receipt exceeded 20% 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
some other Urban Change reports.
Format: SAS
Sample: 867
Vars: 3,526
File ID: UC0301
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Welfare
Restructuring Project 2002 Final Report Analysis Data
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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. 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
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Jobs
First 2002 Final Report Analysis Data |
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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
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MFIP
2000 Final Report Analysis Data |
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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
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FTP
2000 Final Report Analysis Data
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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
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National
Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies [NEWWS] |
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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.
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LEAP
1997 Final Report Analysis Data |
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Third- and fourth-year AFDC payment data and three to
four years of school records follow-up 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 the other LEAP reports.
Format: SAS
Sample: 7,682
Vars: 927
File ID: LP9701
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New
Chance 1997 Forty-Two Month Analysis Data |
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Forty-two months of follow-up data 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
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GAIN
Three-Year Impacts Data From Six Counties |
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Three-year AFDC and earnings follow-up from MDRC’s
evaluation of California’s JOBS initiative, GAIN.
This evaluation included six of the state’s counties:
Alameda, Butte, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, and
Tulare. Follow-up data, as well as demographic information,
is provided for each sample member. The sample includes
both AFDC single parent and two-parent cases. These data
were used in GAIN: Benefits, Costs, and Three-Year
Impacts of a Welfare-to-Work Program (MDRC, 1994).
Format: SPSS
Sample: 32,933
Vars: 1,161
File ID: GN9401
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Welfare
Employment Studies 1-4
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Two- to three-year AFDC and earnings (based on Unemployment
Insurance records) follow-up from four of MDRC’s
welfare employment studies conducted in the 1980s: Arkansas,
Virginia, Maryland (Baltimore), and San Diego SWIM. In
addition to these follow-up data, demographic information
is provided for each sample member. These data were used
in a recent paper assessing non-experimental techniques
for estimating the effects of employment and training
programs, written by Daniel Friedlander and Phillip Robins.
Format: ASCII
Sample: 1,127; 3,150; 2,757; 3,211
Vars: 56; 59; 49; 49
File ID: WES1-4 [AK; VA; MD; CA]
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Data
Files Before 1985 |
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Data files from two MDRC studies conducted before 1985
are stored by other organizations:
Project Redirection
Three years of data 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
TEL: 415/949-3282
FAX: 415/949-3299
socio@socio.com
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National
Supported Work Evaluation |
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Employment and earnings data, as well as demographic data,
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
The University of Michigan
Institute for Social Research
P.O. Box 1248
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
TEL:
313/763-5010
FAX:
313/764-8041
netmail@icpsr.umich.edu
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