Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study Data Alerts
November 3, 2011
A data file from the Year 9 wave of data collection is now available through the Princeton University Office of Population Research Data Archive. STATA, SAS, and SPSS versions of this file can be downloaded and merged with files from previous waves. This new file contains survey data from the core biological mother and father, primary caregiver, child, and teacher interviews, as well as data from the in-home assessments and observations. See our documentation page for more information about these files.
June 26, 2006
m3c41a – This variable is not an accurate indicator of mother reports of father in prison at the one-year interview. It is possible the reports in this variable are from the father contact sheet, but we are not able to confirm this information. Therefore, users should rely on other reports of father incarceration.
April 26, 2006
3-yr scales documentation now includes family mental health history sources & documentation.
March 24, 2006
m1h3a – significant number of cases coded as other Hispanic/Latino (not specified); we are trying to find additional data on these cases.
m3c16p – value label is not correct; please see the questionnaire for the correct response categories.
fathid3 – 1068 cases (those not in wave at baseline) missing; please use idnum to merge files in the meantime.
October 11, 2005
Updated Codebooks – Please update your codebooks for the three year files. Older codebooks only listed the first 20 observations of each variable; the new codebooks display the first 20 observations, but account for the sample sizes of the entire data sets.
August 12, 2005
INCONSISTENT CONSTRUCTED COHABITATION VARIABLES
The baseline construction of mother living with father (cm1cohf) includes married couples whereas the one year construction (cm2cohf) includes only non-married cohabiters. Please be aware of this when
using these variables. We will be reconstructing these variables for non-married cohabitation in the next release.
August 5, 2005
The value label for m2h2 in the mother's one-year file is incorrect. Please follow the response categories in the questionnaire.
June 17, 2005
Last of missing child gender -MOTHERID
02670
CM1BSEX
male
May 21, 2005
Missing child gender - Below is the child sex for CM1BSEX on the baseline mother's public use file.
MOTHERID
40090
36210
17950
08220
24030
30760
CM1BSEX
male
male
female
male
male
female
November 10, 2004
Data Alert: Fathers’ One Year Data File
The variable labels in questions f2c18a-f are incorrect. They should read, “how often does father buy…(item).” Please follow the *most recent* version of the one-year questionnaire for the correct phrasing.
July 26, 2004
Below are the MOTHERID and child sex for three cases coded as -3 "missing" on CM1BSEX on the baseline mother's public use file.
MOTHERID
07650
07270
04780
CM1BSEX
male
female
female
December 18, 2003
We found and error in a child's birth weight at baseline. The child's weight is listed as 1lb 0oz and should be 7lbs 0 oz. This also affects the low birth weight variable. To fix, you can add the code:
Replace m1a14a1 = 7 if idnum == "3324";
Replace cm1lbw = 0 if idnum == "3324";
October 27, 2003
Below are the MOTHERID and child sex for five cases coded as -3 "missing" on CM1BSEX on the baseline mother's public use file.
MOTHERID
01150
02390
04200
21770
28240
CM1BSEX
Female
Female
Female
Male
Male
October 6, 2003
Caution: Please note that response categories flipped across mother and father surveys for questions m1d2 and f1d2:
For mothers the codes are:
- Not important
- Somewhat important
- Very important
- Not important
- Somewhat important
- Very important
2003
m2l13 – A substantial number of mothers are missing on m2l13 -- do you own a car.
June 5, 2003
On June 5, 2003, we released the baseline public use file with the revised weights, additional cleaning, and some minor fixes. We ask that all users replace the previous file with this updated version.
