SOCIAL CAPITAL, SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT-ADOLESCENT WELL-BEING

这个项目的目的是为儿童和儿童福利研究所家庭和儿童福利研究网络的持续活动作出贡献。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。首席研究员将从事第一部分，而合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)研究青少年可利用社会资本的特征；2)调查青少年参与学校、工作和课外活动的数量和质量；3)探讨社会资本和社会参与与早期性行为、受教育程度、健康相关行为和健康结果的关系。这项研究将使用来自全国教育纵向调查（NELS）和全国青少年健康纵向调查（Add-Health）的数据。该合作研究项目的具体目标是：1)为联邦儿童和家庭统计机构间论坛的工作做出贡献；2)为福利改革问题研究网络正在进行的工作做出贡献；3)协助该网络将健康结果和健康相关行为纳入家庭和儿童福祉的社会科学模型。首席研究员将通过他在威斯康星工程（W2）州一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育、孕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.