PHDCN: Family Structure and Health History for Chicago Cohorts, 1994-1997

Over 6,000 children, adolescents, and young adults and their caregivers were followed in the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN) Longitudinal Cohort Study. The Family Structure and Health History component, administered between 1994 and 1997, collected information on household composition and health problems. This data was created by researcher Felton J. Earls of Harvard University.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between family structure and developmental outcomes based on household composition data.
• Analyzing the prevalence and impact of health problems within family units mentioned in the description.
• Studying neighborhood effects on child development using the longitudinal cohort framework described.

Strengths

• Data comes from a large-scale, interdisciplinary study involving over 6,000 participants.
• The longitudinal design allows for the examination of changes over time.
• Data collection was coordinated across multiple cohorts (0-15 and 18) as described.

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

Collection Method

Longitudinal Cohort Study with randomly selected participants and administered assessments.

Time Range

1994-1997

Geography

Chicago, Illinois, USA