Currently, registered users can download Fragile Families baseline, one-year, three-year and five-year follow-up data for both mothers and fathers. Here are the dates of the most recent file releases and the expected timeline for future file releases:
| Most Recent | Next Release/Revision | |
| Baseline | May 2008 | none |
| One-Year Core | May 2008 | none |
| Three-Year Core | May 2008 | none |
| Three-Year In-Home | May 2008 | none |
| Three-Year Child Care | Winter 2009 | |
| Five-Year Core | August 2008 | none |
| Five-Year In-Home | February 2009 | none |
| Three and Five-Year Employment and Child Care Calendars | May 2009 | none |
| * Medical Records (from birth hospitalization) | August 2008 | none |
| * Contextual Data (first three waves) | November 2006 | none |
| * Part of a restricted contract data release. | ||
| Data can be downloaded from the OPR Data Archive. | ||
See the "Introduction to the Fragile Families Public Use Data" for more detail.
Data are available for download from the Princeton University Office of Population Research data archive. Users must register before downloading data. Files are packaged in WinZip archives containing SAS, SPSS, and Stata data sets. Please visit our Frequently Asked Questions for help with downloading, unzipping, and using data sets.
In order to protect the confidentiality of survey respondents, geographic (i.e., city) identifiers are not released on the public use data files. Medical records data are also not included on the public data files. Researchers can apply for these data via restricted use contract.
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