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The Design of a Multilevel Survey of Children, Families, and Communities: The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey

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  • Narayan Sastry

    (RAND Santa Monica)

  • Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar

    (RAND Santa Monica and Princeton University)

  • John Adams

    (RAND, Santa Monica)

  • Anne Pebley

    (University of California, Los Angeles and RAND Santa Monica)

Abstract

In the last fifteen years, there has been a growing interest in the role of neighborhoods in shaping a variety of outcomes for children, adults, and families. Although theoretical perspectives are well advanced and the basic statistical methods for modeling neighborhood effects are in place, a major shortcoming concerns the limitations of existing datasets. Past surveys concerned with understanding children's outcomes have not been designed with the explicit goal of supporting multilevel modeling. This makes it difficult to address the most important unresolved research issue in this area, which is to develop an understanding of the causal effects of neighborhoods factors. In this paper, we describe the development and implementation of the sampling design for the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Study (L.A.FANS), a survey of children, adults, families, and neighborhoods in Los Angeles County. This survey was designed to support multilevel studies on a number of topics, including child development, residential mobility, and welfare reform. We describe the design of the baseline wave, highlighting the analytical and statistical issues that shaped the study. We also present the results of an in-depth statistical investigation of the survey's ability to support multilevel analyses that was carried out as part of the study design. The results of this study provide important guideposts for future studies of neighborhoods and their effects on adults and children.

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  • Narayan Sastry & Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar & John Adams & Anne Pebley, 2003. "The Design of a Multilevel Survey of Children, Families, and Communities: The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey," Working Papers 298, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Office of Population Research..
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    1. Jeffrey B. Liebman & Lawrence F. Katz & Jeffrey R. Kling, 2004. "Beyond Treatment Effects: Estimating the Relationship Between Neighborhood Poverty and Individual Outcomes in the MTO Experiment," Working Papers 872, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section..
    2. Wadee Alhalabi & Miltiadis Lytras & Nada Aljohani, 2021. "Crowdsourcing Research for Social Insights into Smart Cities Applications and Services," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(14), pages 1-27, July.
    3. Meredith Greif, 2015. "The intersection of homeownership, race and neighbourhood context: Implications for neighbourhood satisfaction," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 52(1), pages 50-70, January.
    4. Prentice, Julia C., 2006. "Neighborhood effects on primary care access in Los Angeles," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 62(5), pages 1291-1303, March.
    5. William Clark & Valerie Ledwith, 2007. "How much does income matter in neighborhood choice?," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 26(2), pages 145-161, April.
    6. Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo & Anne R. Pebley, 2003. "Los Angeles County Young Children's Literacy Experiences, Emotional Well-Being and Skills Acquisition: Results from the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey," Working Papers 03-19, RAND Corporation.
    7. Lawrence Katz & Jeffrey R. Kling, 2004. "Beyond Treatment Effects: Estimating the Relationship Between Neighborhood Poverty and Individual Outcomes in the MTO Experiment," Working Papers 872, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section..
    8. Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo & Anne R. Pebley, 2003. "Los Angeles County Young Children’s Literacy Experiences, Emotional Well-Being and Skills Acquisition Results from the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey," Working Papers DRU-3041-LAFANS, RAND Corporation.
    9. Bzostek, Sharon & Goldman, Noreen & Pebley, Anne, 2007. "Why do Hispanics in the USA report poor health?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 65(5), pages 990-1003, September.

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    LAFANS;

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    • C83 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Survey Methods; Sampling Methods

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