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Families & Living Arrangements Working Papers
Families & Living Arrangements Working Papers
Working papers are intended to make results of Census Bureau research available to others and to encourage discussion on a variety of topics. They have not undergone a review and editorial process generally accorded official Census Bureau publications.
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View the list of working papers by year.
Working Paper
Measuring the Impact of Welfare Reform with the SPD
This paper describes the origin, purpose, status, and plans of the Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD).
Working Paper
Summary Report: 1998 SPD Taped Interviews
We are planning a Survey of Program Dynamics to simultaneously measure important features of the full range of welfare and other social and economic programs.
Working Paper
Developing Children's Data for the Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD)
We are planning a Survey of Program Dynamics to simultaneously measure important features of the full range of welfare and other social and economic programs.
Working Paper
Report on Cognitive Interview Results for the 1999 SPD
We are planning a Survey of Program Dynamics to simultaneously measure important features of the full range of welfare and other social and economic programs.
Health
Timing of First Births: 1930-34 to 1990-94
The purposes of this research is to examine the trend in the marital status of women at the time of their first birth.
Income and Poverty
Child Well-Being Indicators From the SIPP
The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), collected in the Fall of 1994, provides analysis of child well-being in four areas.
Working Paper
Poverty, Family Structure, and Child Well-Being
This paper assesses data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) concerning child well-being.
Working Paper
Co-resident Grandparents and Their Grandchildren
This paper estimates how many grandparents maintain households for their grandchildren and how these numbers have changed since 1990.
Working Paper
State Estimates of Organized Child Care Facilities
This paper presents data on the
characteristics of child care businesses for individual states.
Working Paper
Teens talk: Are Adolescents Willing & Able to Answer Survey Questions?
In this paper, we will discuss results from two tests and associated modifications made to the survey instrument.
Working Paper
Trends in Marital Status of U.S. Women at First Birth: 1930 to 1994
This paper reports on the trend of premarital childbearing amoung U.S. women.
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