Enhancing the PSID Child Development Supplement

说明(申请人提供)：1997年，收入动态研究小组增加了《儿童发展补助金》，目的是从具有全国代表性的纵向角度改善我们对童年的社会人口、心理和经济方面的理解。儿童发展补助金(PSID-CDS-II)的第二波数据将于2002年秋季和2003年春季收集，该数据由儿童权利中心资助。将从1997年参加PSID-CDS-I的3 563名儿童及其父母中收集关于儿童发育的广泛资料。在这项提案中，我们要求提供资金，在两个重要方面加强PSID-CDS-II：(1)增加低收入、主要是非裔美国儿童的样本，将最初在第一波调查中采访的儿童包括在内；(2)为广泛的研究人员分发和使用数据集开发更有效的基础设施。 具体来说，我们建议： 1.从PSID低收入超额抽样调查中收集了730名儿童的第二波数据。 2.提供初中/高中课程招生和成绩信息的详细编码，并促进与学校特色数据的链接。 3.通过创建统一的基于Oracle的PSID/CDS数据中心和在线教程，提高对复杂的CDS和PSID数据档案的使用。 4.建立一个有凝聚力的跨学科研究人员网络，以便利和促进CDS的使用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In 1997 the Child Development Supplement was added to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) with the goal of improving our understanding of socio-demographic, psychological, and economic aspects of childhood from a nationally representative longitudinal perspective. The second wave of data for the Child Development Supplement (PSID-CDS-II), which was funded by NICHD, will be collected in fall 2002 and spring 2003. Extensive information will be collected on child development from a subset of the 3,563 children and their parents who participated in PSID-CDS-I in 1997. In this proposal, we request funds to enhance PSID-CDS-II on two important dimensions:(1) to increase the sample of low-income, predominantly African American children to include those originally interviewed in the first wave and (2) to develop a more efficient infrastructure for distribution and use of the data set by a broad array of researchers. Specifically, we propose to: 1.Collect the second wave of data for 730 children from PSID's low-income oversample. 2.Provide detailed coding of middle school/high school course enrollment and performance information, and facilitate links to school characteristics data. 3.Enhance use of the complex CDS and PSID data archive by creating a unified Oracle-based PSID/CDS Data Center and on-line tutorial. 4. Develop a cohesive, interdisciplinary network of researchers to facilitate and promote use of the CDS.