Early Childhood Datasets Supported by ACF & Opportunities and Tools for Secondary Analysis at ICPSR

• In Event: Child development data for secondary analysis from the Departments of Education & Health and Human Services

Abstract

The fourth presentation focuses on data from ACF that are available for secondary analyses. The National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) is composed of four integrated, nationally representative surveys of: households with children under age 13; center-based early childhood programs serving children birth to age 5, not yet in kindergarten; home-based early care providers; and early childhood teachers and caregivers of children birth to age 5. The NSECE datasets allow for analyses of the interactions of supply and demand of ECE to families in 2012 and 2019. The 2014 Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) is a representative sample of Head Start programs, and the families and children participating in those programs. Differences between FACES 2014 and earlier FACES administrations, as well as similarities across FACES cohorts, are discussed. The Migrant and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS) Study data (2017 to 2018) provide a national picture of MSHS programs, centers, families, and children. Finally, the Early Head Start Family Experiences Study (Baby FACES) data (2009 to 2012 and 2018) include descriptive information on a nationally representative sample of Early Head Start programs, and the families and children participating in those programs. This final presentation will also highlight the tools and resources available to support secondary data analysis at ICPSR, where many of the datasets discussed in earlier presentations are archived. Topics include tips for finding datasets of interest on the website, using on line analysis tools, information on summer workshops that support secondary data analysis, and select datasets of interest to those with a focus on child development.

Each of the presentations briefly describe the studies (population and data collection methods) or considers available datasets more broadly and discuss the types of analyses supported by the data, the types of questions that could be answered through secondary analyses, and procedures for gaining access to the data.

Authors

• Christine K Fortunato, United States Department of Health and Human Services
  Non-Presenting Author

• Amy Pienta, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
  Presenting Author