National Vital Statistics System
Name:
National Vital Statistics System
Funder(s):
National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Vital Statistics, Centers for Disease Control of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
General Description:
National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH)
Name:
National Survey of Families and Households
Funder(s):
Wave I: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Center for Population ResearchWave II and Wave III: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) & National Insti
National Study of the Changing Workforce (NSCW)
Name:
National Study of the Changing Workforce
Funder(s):
Families and Work Institute, New York
General Description:
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health)
Name:
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
Funder(s):
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and 17 other federal agencies
General Description:
National Household Education Survey Program (NHES)
Name:
National Household Education Survey Program
Funder(s):
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), U.S. Department of Education
General Description:
Current Population Survey (CPS)
Name:
Current Population Survey
Funder(s):
The core survey is funded by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The supplements are also funded by a variety of sponsors including the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education, and the National Institute of Child Health a
In 2002, sixteen percent of families with children reported that they changed residence in the past year. Residential mobility varies by poverty status and family structure. Twice as many families with incomes below the poverty line moved, compared with families with incomes at or above the poverty line (29 percent and 14 percent, respectively). I
In 2000, twenty-seven percent of adults listed concern for their safety as either a somewhat or very important obstacle that made it difficult to be involved in their community. This concern was greater among those with less education. Thirty-two percent of those with a high school degree or less reported concern for their safety as an obstacle, c
Eighty-nine percent of adults reported in the year 2000 that they have old or new friends who provide them with a sense of community, regardless of their geographic proximity. While the vast majority of white and black non-Hispanics as well as Hispanics reported that they had a community of friends, white non-Hispanics were more likely than Hispan
Eighty percent of adults reported in 2000 that they have people in their neighborhood who give them a sense of community. White non-Hispanics and Hispanics, (82 percent and 77 percent respectively) were more likely than black non-Hispanics (71 percent) to report having people in their neighborhood who gave them a sense of community.
Overall, in 2000, half of all adolescents participated in religious activities with their families (e.g., going to a worship service, praying, reading scripture). The frequency varies by the adolescent's race and Hispanic origin. Non-Hispanic black adolescents were considerably more likely to participate in religious activities with their families
Slightly more than one-third of parents (36 percent) attended religious services at least once a week in 2002. This percentage represents a small decline from 1997, when 38 percent of parents attended religious services at least weekly.