SOCIAL CAPITAL, SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT-ADOLESCENT WELL-BEING

该项目的目的是促进新的排雷中心家庭和儿童福祉研究网络的持续活动。该项目有两个主要组成部分：个人研究议程和合作研究议程。首席调查员将处理第一个组成部分，而协作研究议程将涉及与研究网络其他成员的联合工作。个人研究项目的具体目的是：1)检查青少年可获得的社会资本的特征；2)检查青少年参与学校、工作和课外活动的数量和质量；3)调查社会资本和社会参与与早期性活动、教育程度、健康相关行为和健康结果之间的关系。这项研究将使用国家教育纵向调查(NELS)和全国青少年健康纵向调查(ADD-Health)的数据。合作研究项目的具体目的是：1)促进联邦儿童和家庭统计机构间论坛的工作；2)促进福利改革问题研究网络正在进行的工作；3)协助网络努力将健康成果和与健康有关的行为纳入家庭和儿童福祉的社会科学模式。首席调查员将通过他在威斯康星州工作(W2)州级福利改革倡议方面的工作，他对福利和计划生育政策对非婚生子女、产妇健康和婴儿健康的影响的研究，以及他对社会资本和社会参与对健康和健康相关行为的影响的研究，为这些努力做出贡献。

The purpose of this project is to contribute to the continuing activities of the NICHD Family and Child Well-Being Research Network. The project has two major components: an individual research agenda and a collaborative research agenda. The Principal Investigator will pursue the first component, while the collaborative research agenda will involve joint work with other members of the Research Network. The specific aims of the individual research project are: 1) to examine the features of the social capital available to adolescents; 2) to examine the quantity and quality of adolescent involvement and engagement in school, work, and extracurricular activities; and, 3) to investigate the relationship between social capital and social involvement and early sexual activity, educational attainment, health related behavior, and health outcomes. This research will use data from the National Educational Longitudinal Survey (NELS) and the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add-Health). The specific aims of the collaborative research project are: 1) to contribute to the work of the Federal Interagency Forum for Child and Family Statistics: 2) to contribute to the on-going work of the Research Network on welfare reform issues; and, 3) to assist in the efforts of the Network to integrate health outcomes and health related behaviors into social science models of family and child well-being. The Principal Investigator will contribute to these efforts by his work on the Wisconsin Works (W2) state-level welfare reform initiative, his research on the effects of welfare and family planning policies on out of wedlock childbearing, maternal health, and infant health, and his research on the effects of social capital and social involvement on health and health related behavior.