Thursday, February 17, 2011

Fragile Families: Sample & Design

Fragile Families: Sample & Design
Children & Youth Services Review Vol 23 , Bos 4/5 pp 303 – 326

-          Magic moment – right after child's birth, when unwed fathers are both present and willing to be interviewed.
-          Previous studies …….
-          Most estimates of fathers' earnings and capabilities have been seriously limited because non-resident fathers are under represented in national and local surveys
-          Small scale pilot studies
-          Spatial clustering of mothers (in hospitals)
-          Stratified random sample of all US cities with 200,000 or more people
o   Sample cities / sample hospitals / sample births


http://opr.princeton.edu/archive/ff/Reichman_et_al_2001.pdf



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