R01HD103620

The Transition from Childhood into Adulthood Among PSID Children, 2021 and 2023 - Project Summary/Abstract

This project aims to continue and expand the collection and distribution of data on young adults in families participating in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). The PSID is a longitudinal survey that began in 1968 and consists of a nationally representative sample of U.S. families. Over the course of 52 years, the PSID has collected data on the same families and their descendants for 41 waves.

In the 1990s, the PSID started collecting detailed data on children born into these families as part of the original PSID Child Development Supplement (CDS). Starting in the mid-2000s, the PSID closely followed these children's transition into young adulthood through the biennial PSID Transition into Adulthood Supplement (TAS). Young adults in PSID families become members of the core PSID themselves and receive the full biennial interview when they form their own economically independent households. They are then followed by the study for the rest of their lives.

To continue capturing the transition into adulthood for all PSID children, this project will conduct two waves of TAS in 2021 and 2023. A major portion of the TAS sample in 2021 and 2023 will consist of young adults who previously participated in CDS. Participants in CDS include those from the original study, which began collecting detailed data on children in PSID families in 1997, as well as the new ongoing CDS, fielded in 2014 and 2019, which collects information on all children aged 0-17 years in PSID families born after the launch of the original CDS. TAS in 2021 and 2023 will also include many respondents who have participated in one or more prior waves of TAS, allowing for the continued tracing of their transition into adulthood.

The specific aims of this project are to collect approximately 70 minutes of information in 2021 and 2023 from all PSID youth aged 18-28 years and to document and distribute these data through the publicly available and free PSID Online Data Center. Building upon the major revision of the TAS instrument in 2017 and the adoption of a mixed-mode design using internet interviewing as well as computer-assisted telephone interviewing, new retrospective content will be collected in 2021 and 2023 on childhood circumstances and exposures, as well as new information on young adult transitions in key domains such as family formation and change, health, and living arrangements. Interviews will be conducted with approximately 3,500 young adults in 2021 and 2023.

These data are vital for our understanding of the contemporary transition from adolescence into adulthood in the U.S. within its intergenerational family context. By augmenting the panel information in the CDS and core PSID, this project will provide a rich CDS-TAS-PSID panel of children from birth and preschool through primary and secondary school, and then through entry into the world of work or higher education in conjunction with early family formation. Although a full and detailed panel from birth to young adulthood is valuable in its own right, the information on these individuals will continue to grow as they remain in the core PSID for the rest of their lives.

Regents Of The University Of Michigan

TO CONDUCT AND SUPPORT LABORATORY RESEARCH, CLINICAL TRIALS, AND STUDIES WITH PEOPLE THAT EXPLORE HEALTH PROCESSES. NICHD RESEARCHERS EXAMINE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, BIOLOGIC AND REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTIONS, BEHAVIOR PATTERNS, AND POPULATION DYNAMICS TO PROTECT AND MAINTAIN THE HEALTH OF ALL PEOPLE. TO EXAMINE THE IMPACT OF DISABILITIES, DISEASES, AND DEFECTS ON THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS. WITH THIS INFORMATION, THE NICHD HOPES TO RESTORE, INCREASE, AND MAXIMIZE THE CAPABILITIES OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY DISEASE AND INJURY. TO SPONSOR TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR SCIENTISTS, DOCTORS, AND RESEARCHERS TO ENSURE THAT NICHD RESEARCH CAN CONTINUE. BY TRAINING THESE PROFESSIONALS IN THE LATEST RESEARCH METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES, THE NICHD WILL BE ABLE TO CONDUCT ITS RESEARCH AND MAKE HEALTH RESEARCH PROGRESS UNTIL ALL CHILDREN, ADULTS, FAMILIES, AND POPULATIONS ENJOY GOOD HEALTH. THE MISSION OF THE NICHD IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY PERSON IS BORN HEALTHY AND WANTED, THAT WOMEN SUFFER NO HARMFUL EFFECTS FROM REPRODUCTIVE PROCESSES, AND THAT ALL CHILDREN HAVE THE CHANCE TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL FOR HEALTHY AND PRODUCTIVE LIVES, FREE FROM DISEASE OR DISABILITY, AND TO ENSURE THE HEALTH, PRODUCTIVITY, INDEPENDENCE, AND WELL-BEING OF ALL PEOPLE THROUGH OPTIMAL REHABILITATION.

93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) [HHS - NIH]

Michigan United States

State-Wide

NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PA-20-185)

Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 01/31/26 to 08/31/30 and the total obligations have increased 331% from $1,326,574 to $5,717,993.