PHDCN: Young Adult Self-Report Survey for Cohort 18, Wave 2

Over 6,000 randomly selected children, adolescents, and young adults were followed in the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN). This dataset contains the Wave 2 Young Adult Self Report (YASR), a self-administered survey for Cohort 18 participants aged 18-30, assessing psychological, behavioral, and social functioning. It is part of a large-scale, interdisciplinary longitudinal study examining influences on antisocial behavior.

Use Cases

• Modeling predictors of antisocial or criminal behavior based on self-reported psychological and behavioral functioning.
• Analyzing correlations between substance use/abuse and social relationship functioning in young adults.
• Longitudinal tracking of mental and physical health outcomes within a specific urban cohort over time.
• Studying neighborhood effects on human development by linking individual survey data to geographic context.

Strengths

• Longitudinal design with over 6,000 randomly selected participants across multiple cohorts provides a strong foundation for causal inference.
• The survey instrument (YASR) is a widely used and officially revised measure for evaluating young adults, suggesting methodological rigor.
• Data collection is part of a large-scale, interdisciplinary study (PHDCN), enabling linkage to other measures of family, peer, and school influences.

Limitations

• Specific column names and the exact row count for this Wave 2 YASR dataset are not provided, limiting immediate understanding of its structure.
• Metadata such as last update date and file format are unknown, which may affect usability and data freshness assessment.
• The dataset focuses on a single cohort (Cohort 18) from the larger study, which may limit generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Harvard University, authored by Felton J. Earls as part of the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN).

Collection Method

Self-administered survey (Young Adult Self Report) administered to participants in Cohort 18 of the PHDCN Longitudinal Cohort Study.

Time Range

1997-2000 (Wave 2)

Geography

Chicago neighborhoods, Illinois, USA.