Chicago neighborhoods were the focus of the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN), a large-scale, interdisciplinary study. The Family Environment Scale (FES) component from Wave 1 (1994-1995) assessed family interpersonal relationships, personal growth, and structure from the perspective of primary caregivers. The data was collected by researchers including Felton J. Earls of Harvard University.
Use Cases
- Modeling the influence of family conflict on youth outcomes based on the described Conflict scale.
- Analyzing the role of moral-religious emphasis in family structure based on the described Moral-Religious Emphasis scale.
- Investigating correlations between family control mechanisms and antisocial behaviors based on the described Control scale.
- Studying longitudinal effects of the family social environment on personal development based on the study's interdisciplinary design.
Strengths
- Data originates from a large-scale study following over 6,000 randomly selected children, adolescents, and young adults.
- Focuses on three specific, quantified dimensions of the family environment: interpersonal relationships, personal growth, and basic organization.
- Part of a coordinated longitudinal study designed to examine changing life circumstances over time.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- Harvard University (Felton J. Earls)
- Collection Method
- Survey/questionnaire administered to primary caregivers as part of the PHDCN Longitudinal Cohort Study.
- Time Range
- 1994-1995
- Geography
- Chicago, Illinois, USA