PHDCN: Child Self-Efficacy Survey Responses from Chicago, 2000-2002

Over 6,000 children, adolescents, and young adults were randomly selected for the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN) Longitudinal Cohort Study. This dataset contains responses from Cohorts 9 and 12 to the 'Things I Can Do If I Try' self-efficacy survey during Wave 3, collected between 2000 and 2002. The survey instrument, developed by Felton J. Earls of Harvard University, assesses efficacy in five domains: future, school, neighborhood, home, and social.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between self-efficacy and antisocial behaviors based on the study's longitudinal design.
• Analyzing differences in perceived efficacy across the five domains (future, school, neighborhood, home, social) mentioned in the description.
• Studying developmental trajectories by linking this wave's data with related Wave 2 survey data (ICPSR 13661).
• Investigating neighborhood effects on child development using the PHDCN's interdisciplinary framework.

Strengths

• Data comes from a large-scale, longitudinal study following over 6,000 randomly selected subjects.
• Survey instrument was specifically designed for the PHDCN to assess self-efficacy across five distinct domains.
• Data is part of a coordinated series, allowing for linkage with other waves and measures from the same study.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN), Felton J. Earls, Harvard University.

Collection Method

Longitudinal Cohort Study involving surveys administered to randomly selected children, adolescents, young adults, and their primary caregivers.

Time Range

2000-2002 (Wave 3)

Geography

Chicago neighborhoods, United States.