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 2019 (including COVID-19 data). The 2019 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 2019 and earlier FACES administrations, as well as similarities across FACES cohorts, are discussed. The American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2019 provides a national picture of children, families, and programs in Region XI. Finally, the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE) and Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation-Strong Start (MIHOPE-SS) was launched to rigorously test the effectiveness of evidence-based home visiting in improving birth and health outcomes during pregnancy and in the year after birth. The MIHOPE and MIHOPE-SS datasets include information on families, staff members, and local programs in the study. 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 online analysis tools, information on summer workshops that support secondary data analysis, and downloading/accessing 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

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

• Joy Bohyun Jang, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

• Christine K Fortunato, United States Department of Health and Human Services