News from the PRI Library and Data Archive » Children and Adolescents http://info.pop.psu.edu Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:54:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en State- and city-level data on birth outcomes from KIDS COUNT http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/08/13/state-and-city-level-data-on-birth-outcomes-from-kids-count/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/08/13/state-and-city-level-data-on-birth-outcomes-from-kids-count/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:20:51 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/?p=1677 State- and city-level data on birth outcomes is now available from 2008 The Right Start for America’s Newborns in the KIDS COUNT Data Center. The entire data set is available for download as a delimited file.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/08/13/state-and-city-level-data-on-birth-outcomes-from-kids-count/feed/ PSID: CDS Transition into Adulthood Data http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/21/psid-cds-transition-into-adulthood-data/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/21/psid-cds-transition-into-adulthood-data/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 11:35:05 +0000 Lisa Broniszewski http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/21/psid-cds-transition-into-adulthood-data/ The CDS of the PSID has publicly released the “Transition into Adulthood” Data. The data are comprised of 745 of the CDS children who have reached the age of 18+ and have
graduated from high school. Topical questions include: health and emotional well-being, time use, community involvement, self identity and perception, expectations for the future, family, peer, and romantic relationships, work, schooling, and more. Please read the overview (PDF file) of the Transition into Adulthood (TA) data. PRI researchers may request this data from the Data Archivist.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/21/psid-cds-transition-into-adulthood-data/feed/ Living Arrangements of Children: 2004 http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/02/27/living-arrangements-of-children-2004/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/02/27/living-arrangements-of-children-2004/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:36:20 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/02/27/living-arrangements-of-children-2004/ Living Arrangements of Children: 2004 (PDF) is the latest report in the Household Economic Studies series of the Census Bureau’s Current Population Reports (P70-114). It uses SIPP data to examine the variety of living arrangements of US children.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/02/27/living-arrangements-of-children-2004/feed/ Poverty and the brain http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/02/18/poverty-and-the-brain/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/02/18/poverty-and-the-brain/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:55:41 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/02/18/poverty-and-the-brain/ Growing up poor alters brain development, and new research presented at the annual meeting of American Association for the Advancement of Science could help ameliorate the effects of poverty on academic achievement, according to a report in the Chronicle of Higher Education. (Note: The Chronicle article is available online to subscribers. PRI affiliates can read the Chronicle in the PRI Library or request online access from library@pop.psu.edu.)

Citation: Farah, M.J., Betancourt, L., Shera, D.M., et al. (in press). Environmental Stimulation, Parental Nurturance and Cognitive Development in Humans. Developmental Science. (available online)

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/02/18/poverty-and-the-brain/feed/ NICHD to add locations to National Children’s Study http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/01/21/nichd-to-add-locations-to-national-childrens-study/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/01/21/nichd-to-add-locations-to-national-childrens-study/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:49:57 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/01/21/nichd-to-add-locations-to-national-childrens-study/ The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development has announced that it plans to add more locations to the National Children’s Study, “a large, long-term longitudinal study of environmental influences on children’s health and development.” The NICHD plans to issue an RFP within the next month.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/01/21/nichd-to-add-locations-to-national-childrens-study/feed/ NPR focuses on emerging adulthood http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/12/20/npr-focuses-on-emerging-adulthood/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/12/20/npr-focuses-on-emerging-adulthood/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:35:19 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/12/20/npr-focuses-on-emerging-adulthood/ NPR’s “Your Health” this morning focused on emerging adulthood. Read a transcript of the segment or listen at npr.org.

The story highlights the work of Larry Nelson at Brigham Young University, who surveyed college students and their parents and found that most of the parents did not consider their 18- to 26-year-old children adults.  His work is forthcoming in the Journal of Family Psychology.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/12/20/npr-focuses-on-emerging-adulthood/feed/ US teen drug use down http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/12/12/us-teen-drug-use-down/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/12/12/us-teen-drug-use-down/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:50:04 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/12/12/us-teen-drug-use-down/ Drug use among US teens has declined, but ecstasy use has increased and prescription drug abuse remains a problem, according to researchers working on the Monitoring the Future Survey for the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) (Reuters).

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