IMPROVING AND EVALUATING NLSY FATHERHOOD DATA

描述：本项目的总体目标是：(1)评估 1979-1996年两轮原始男性生育记录的质量 全国青年纵向调查(NLSY)；(2)在此基础上 评估，对数据进行调整，使其在很大程度上 提高纵向数据文件的内部一致性和质量； 然后(3)量化数据调整改变的程度 成年男性生育能力的基本概况以及可能的宏观和 微观层面的分析。 研究人员将进行各种内部数据检查，利用 特别是关于儿童生育率的多份报告， 关于其他非亲生儿童的相关信息，以及详细的 NLSY数据集中提供的关系信息。最终产品 将包括一个公共使用数据集，其中包括经修订的 数据、所做更改的详细说明以及对 数据质量，指定原始数据和调整后数据中的潜在偏差。 最终报告还将包括改进数据收集的建议 在这片区域。 这项研究的首要目标是为研究人员提供 提高了检查男性生育力和为人父问题的质量 当代美国男性的全国样本。与这一目标相对应的是， 这项研究将从实质性的角度阐明 哪些男性数据质量问题可能与级别和 家庭结构的变化；特别是 生父没有与母亲和孩子一起居住，或者 生父遵循了其他选定的不稳定的关系 轨迹。

DESCRIPTION: The overall objectives of this project are (1) to evaluate the quality of the original male fertility records in the 1979-1996 rounds of the National Longitudinal survey of Youth (NLSY); (2) on the basis of this evaluation, to make adjustments to the data that should substantially improve the internal consistency and quality of the longitudinal data file; and then (3) to quantify the extent to which the data adjustments alter the basic profile of adult male fertility as well as likely macro- and micro-level analyses. The researchers will undertake a variety of internal data checks, utilizing in particular the multiple reports on fertility available for the children, related information on other non-biological children, and the detailed relationship information available in the NLSY data set. The final product of this project will include a public use data set including the revised data, a detailed description of the changes made, and an evaluation of the data quality, specifying potential biases in the original and adjusted data. The final report will also include suggestions for improved data collection in this area. The over-riding objective of this research is to provide researchers with improved quality data for examining male fertility and fatherhood issues for a contemporary national sample of American men. Paralleling this objective, the research will clarify, from a substantive perspective, the extent to which male data quality issues may be intimately linked with levels and changes in family structure; in particular the likelihood that the biological father is not in residence with the mother and child or that the biological father has followed other selected unstable relationship trajectories.