PHDCN Addendum: Young Adult Development in Chicago, 2000-2002

Over 6,000 children, adolescents, and young adults were followed in a large-scale longitudinal study of human development in Chicago. The Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, led by Felton J. Earls of Harvard University, examined how families, schools, and neighborhoods influence antisocial behaviors. This Wave 3 addendum from 2000-2002 administered measures on violence exposure, household composition, health, language, suicide, and intelligence to Cohorts 15 and 18.

Use Cases

• Modeling pathways to antisocial behavior based on longitudinal measures of individual, family, peer, and school influences.
• Analyzing neighborhood effects on health and development outcomes using data from a large, randomly selected urban cohort.
• Studying the correlation between exposure to violence and mental health indicators like suicide risk from the included interview modules.

Strengths

• Longitudinal design following over 6,000 randomly selected subjects across multiple waves.
• Interdisciplinary scope with measures covering individual differences, family, peer, and school influences.
• Addendum structure ensures data continuity for subjects entering at Wave 3 by incorporating key Wave 2 measures.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count for this specific addendum file is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Harvard University

Collection Method

Longitudinal Cohort Study with coordinated longitudinal studies and administered interviews.

Time Range

2000-2002

Geography

Chicago neighborhoods