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| Survey Instrument | Conducted by / date | Mode of Administration, Interview length | Population and Sample Frame | Sample Size | Key Barrier Topics Covered | Contact Name, Address, and Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women’s Employment Survey (WES) | University of Michigan Poverty Research and Training Center, 1997 and 1998 | In-person (hard copy), 60 minutes |
Random sample of single mothers w/children in an urban county of Michigan who were receiving TANF in Feb. 1997. Interviewed in fall 1997 (Wave 1) and reinterviewed in fall 1998 (Wave 2) | Wave 1 - 753 interviews (86% completion rate) | Workplace norms, perceived work related discrimination, transportation issues, physical and mental health, substance abuse and domestic violence | Sandra Danziger (734) 998-8504, sandrakd@umich.edu |
| National Survey of America’s Families (NSAF) | Urban Institute (UI), 1999 | Phone (CATI), 45 minutes |
RDD sample drawn from 13 states, representative of the civilian, non-institutionalized pop. under age 65, plus an area probability sample of households without telephones | 42,360 household interviews conducted | Health status and limitations, housing and economic hardship, food insecurity, child well being, family stress and parent/adult psychological well- being | Jenny Kenney, Urban Institute (202) 261-5886, http://Newfederalism.urban.org |
| Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD) | U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1999 | In-person (CAPI), w/self-administered q’aires (SAQs) for adolescents
using a personal audio-cassette player 72 minutes per household |
Nationally representative RDD Sample of non-institutionalized pop. over age 15 | 16,395 household interviews, including 3,259 SAQs completed by adolescents (85% completion rate for household interview, 58% completion rate for SAQ) | Core - food security, child well being SAQ – Substance abuse, sexual behavior, and other problem behavior | Michael McMahon, (301) 457-1616, michael.f.mcmahon@census.gov, http://www.sipp.consus.gov/spd/ |
| Missouri TANF Leavers and Stayers Surveys (MO) | Midwest Research Institute, 1999, 2000 and 2001 | Phone (CATI) with in-person follow-up (mostly cell-phone call-ins) Estimated
length for 1999, 2000 and 20001 surveys - 45 minutes |
1999 and 2000 surveys – Missouri TANF leavers in 1997 2001 survey – current or recent TANF recipients | 1999 survey – 792 interviewed (66% completion rate) 2000 follow-up survey – 594 interviewed (75% completion rate) 2001 survey – still in progress | 1999 survey – Training; reasons not working; mobility and housing 2000 survey – Reasons not working; Training 2001 survey - Mental health, domestic violence, child care | Nancy Dunton, University of Kansas Medical School, (913) 588-1456, Ndunton@kumc.edu |
| Nebraska Client Barriers Survey (NE) | Mathematica Policy Research (MPR), 2000 | Phone (hard copy) 45 minutes |
Women in Nebraska, age 18-54, (with children), who received TANF during Jan. 2000 | 412 interviews (75% completion rate) | Physical and mental health, substance abuse, domestic violence, learning disabilities, childcare and transportation issues | Alicia Meckstroth, MPR, (609) 275-2338 ameckstroth@mathematica-mpr.com |
| Alameda County (CalWORKS) Needs Assessment Survey | Public Health Institute; Berkeley, CA, 1998 | In-person (hard copy) 90 minutes |
Random sample of adult CalWORKS clients receiving TANF in October 1998 | 512 interviews (DK completion rate) | Domestic Violence, childhood and teenage abuse, physical and mental health, substance abuse, learning disabilities. | Richard Speiglman (510) 649-1987, richards@phi.org |
| Illinois Food Stamp Leavers Survey | MPR, 1999 | Phone (hard copy) 45 minutes | Random sample of Illinois residents who received food stamps at some point in 1997 but not in the two months after | 497 (60% completion rate) | food insecurity, list of hardship indicators, transportation problems, neighborhood conditions | Anu Rangarajan, MPR (609) 936-2765, arangarajan@mathematica-mpr.com |
| Health Care for Communities Survey (HCC) | MPR and RAND, 1998 | Phone (CATI), 34 minutes |
List frame sample drawn from Community Tracking Study respondents, w/oversampling of 3 groups; those with low- income, those who used specialty mental health services in prior yr, and those who reported high psychological distress | 9,661 interviews (64% completion rate) | Physical and mental health, substance abuse, life stressors | Katherine Minnium (310) 393-0411, ext. 6580, guestkm@rand.org |
| CalWORKS Prevalence Survey | CA Institute for Mental Health (2000) | In-Person (hard copy) | List frame of TANF recipients meeting the following criteria: female CalWORKS recipients in Kern and Stanislaus counties, must be English or Spanish speaking only; aged 18 – 59 and be on TANF for at least one year. | Kern County: 398 completed interviews (55% completion rate) Stanislaus County: 499 completed interviews (71% completion rate) | Mental health, domestic violence, alcohol and drug abuse | Sandra Naylor Goodwin, project director. (916)-556-3480, ext. 103 Sgoodwin@cimh.org |
| Iowa Child Impact Survey (Iowa CI) | MPR (1999) | In-Person (hard copy) | List frame sample drawn from Iowa Core Survey respondents w/eligible focal child in household | 1,475 interviews (completed 75% of eligible cases) | Mental health, domestic violence, behavioral assessments of focal child | Chris Ross, MPR (202) 484-4235, cross@mathematica-mpr.com |
| Youth Fair Chance Community Survey (YFC) | MPR (1995 and 1997) | Phone (CATI) | RDD sample of at-risk youth living in 32 high crime areas | 1995 survey = 2590 interviews completed (57% response rate from listed sample and 47% from unlisted sample); 1997 survey = 1609 interviews completed (59% overall response rate) | Lack of available jobs and services in community | Mark Dynarski, MPR (609) 275-2397 mdynarski@mathematica-mpr.com |
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