California Families Project [Sacramento and Woodland, California] [Restricted-Use Files]

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Label

California Families Project [Sacramento and Woodland, California] [Restricted-Use Files]

Creator

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

Contributor

• Conger, Rand

Author

• Robins, Richard
• Conger, Rand

Contributor

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

Subject

• Families
• Group identity
• Mexican Americans
• Teenagers
• academic ability
• adjustment
• adolescents
• aggression
• alcohol
• alcohol abuse
• alcohol consumption
• child development
• child health
• child rearing
• cultural attitudes
• cultural identity
• cultural influences
• cultural perceptions
• cultural traditions
• cultural values
• delinquent behavior
• drug abuse
• drug dependence
• drug use
• economic behavior
• educational environment
• educational objectives
• employment
• ethnic discrimination
• family background
• family conflict
• family relations
• family relationships
• family structure
• finance
• gangs
• marital instability
• marital relations
• marital satisfaction
• mental health
• motivation
• neighborhood characteristics
• neighborhood conditions
• parent child relationship
• parental attitudes
• parental influence
• parenting skills
• parents
• personality assessment
• religious attitudes
• school violence
• self esteem
• suicide
• Alcoholism
• tobacco use
• survey
• Children -- Health and hygiene
• Drinking of alcoholic beverages
• Drug addiction
• Education -- Aims and objectives

Genre

• survey

Summary

The California Families Project (CFP) is an ongoing longitudinal study of Mexican origin families in Northern California. This study uses community, school, family, and individual characteristics to examine developmental pathways that increase risk for and resilience to drug use in Mexican-origin youth. This study also examines the impact that economic disadvantage and cultural traditions have in Mexican-origin youth. The CFP includes a community-based sample of 674 families and children of Mexican origin living in Northern California, and includes annual assessments of parents and children. Participants with Mexican surnames were drawn at random from school rosters of students during the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 school year. Data collection included multi-method assessments of a broad range of psychological, familial, scholastic, cultural, and neighborhood factors. Initiation of the research at age 10 was designed to assess the focal children before the onset of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug (ATOD) use, thus enabling the evaluation of how hypothesized risk and resilience mechanisms operate to exacerbate early onset during adolescence or help prevent its occurrence. This study includes a diversity of families that represent a wide range of incomes, education, family history, and family structures, including two-parent and single-parent families.The accompanying data file consists of 674 family cases with each case representing a focal child and at least one parent (Two-parent: n=549, 82 percent; Single-parent: n=125, 18 percent). Of the 3,139 total variables, 839 pertain to the focal child, 1,376 correspond to the mother, and 908 items pertain to the father.<b>Please note:</b> While the California Families Project is a longitudinal study, only the baseline data are currently available in this data collection