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NATIONAL SURVEY OF FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS
Description:
This is a longitudinal population-based survey of families and households in the United States that was designed to look at the causes and consequences of changes in American family and household structure. The first wave of the NSFH consists of interviews conducted during 1987-1988 with a national probability sample of 13,017 male and female primary respondents. Several population groups were over sampled, including minorities, single parents, persons with step-children, cohabiting persons, and recently married persons. In addition to each primary respondent questionnaire, there was a questionnaire for the spouse or partner of the primary respondent, if applicable, and detailed information was collected about a focal child. Respondents were followed up during 1992-1994, five years after the initial interview. The NSFH-2 included personal interviews with both the original respondent and the respondent's partner (including the previous partner if the original union had dissolved), telephone interviews with the focal child, and telephone interviews with a randomly selected parent of the original respondent.
