National Survey of Families and Households, Wave 1: 1987-1988, [United States]

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Label

National Survey of Families and Households, Wave 1: 1987-1988, [United States]

Creator

• Bumpass, Larry L
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Contributor

• Call, Vaughn R.A.
• Sweet, James A.

Author

• Sweet, James A.
• Bumpass, Larry L
• Call, Vaughn R.A.

Contributor

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Subject

• education
• families
• family life
• family relationships
• family structure
• fertility
• financial assets
• household composition
• income
• job history
• life events
• Custody of children
• living arrangements
• marital relationships
• parental attitudes
• psychological wellbeing
• social contact
• stepfamilies
• survey
• wages and salaries
• life history
• Families
• adoption
• child custody
• child support
• divorce

Genre

• survey

Summary

The National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH), Wave 1 (1987-1988) is the first of three waves in a longitudinal survey that was designed to study the causes and consequences of changes happening in families and households within the United States. At a time when the range of family structures was becoming more and more diverse, this study permitted a close examination of the resulting family compositions and household operations. One adult per household was randomly selected as the primary respondent, and there was a total of 13,007 respondents. In addition to the main interview conducted with the primary respondent, a shorter, self-administered questionnaire was given to the spouse or cohabitating partner, and also administered to the householder if he or she was a relative of the primary respondent. A considerable amount of life-history information was collected, such as the respondent's family living arrangements in childhood, departures and returns to the parental home, and histories of marriage, separation, divorce, cohabitation, adoption, child custody arrangements, and stepfamily relations. Respondents were also asked about the relationship of household members to each other and the quality of their relationships with their parents, children, and in-laws. Information on economic well-being was also collected, including earnings from wages, self-employment income, interest, dividends, investments, pensions, Social Security, public assistance, and child support/alimony. Demographic information collected includes sex, age, marital status, education, and employment