PHDCN Gangs: Chicago Neighborhood Gang Involvement Survey, 2000-2002

The Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN) Gangs instrument collected survey data on neighborhood gangs and personal gang involvement. It was administered to over 6,000 randomly selected children, adolescents, and young adults and their caregivers between 2000 and 2002 as part of a longitudinal cohort study. The data was collected by researcher Felton J. Earls of Harvard University to examine factors leading toward or away from antisocial behaviors.

Use Cases

• Modeling risk factors for gang involvement based on individual, family, peer, and school influences mentioned in the description.
• Analyzing neighborhood-level gang presence and its correlation with youth development outcomes.
• Longitudinal analysis of antisocial behavior trajectories using the coordinated cohort study design.

Strengths

• Data comes from a large-scale, interdisciplinary study following over 6,000 randomly selected subjects across multiple cohorts.
• The longitudinal design tracks subjects and their primary caregivers over time to examine changing life circumstances.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Harvard University

Collection Method

Longitudinal cohort study using survey instruments administered to randomly selected subjects.

Time Range

2000-2002

Geography

Chicago neighborhoods