PHDCN: School Interview Data from Chicago Neighborhoods, Wave 3 (2000-2002)

Chicago neighborhoods were the focus of the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN), a large-scale, interdisciplinary longitudinal study. The School Interview component, administered between 2000 and 2002 to over 6,000 children, adolescents, and young adults, measured school climate, safety, attitudes, and activities. This dataset was created by Felton J. Earls of Harvard University.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between school climate and student attitudes based on survey sections addressing these topics.
• Analyzing predictors of participation in after-school activities based on reported activity data.
• Studying longitudinal trends in school safety perceptions across three age cohorts (6, 9, and 12).

Strengths

• Longitudinal design following over 6,000 subjects across multiple waves.
• Interdisciplinary scope measuring individual, family, peer, and school influences.
• Data collection is part of a well-documented, large-scale study (PHDCN).

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 using adapted school interview protocols from the Philadelphia Family Management Study.

Time Range

2000-2002

Geography

Chicago, Illinois, USA