The purpose of this study was to assess the physical, social, and psychological well-being of American children, to develop a national profile of the way children in the United States live, to permit analysis of the relationships between the conditions of children's lives and measures of child development, and to examine the effects of marital disruption on the development of children and on the operation of single and multi-parent families. Information is provided on the child's well-being, family, experiences with family disruption, behavior, physical health, and mental health.

The first file, which contains data from both the 1976 and 1981 surveys, includes several derived variables. The second file, containing only 1976 data, is logical record length data but has 27 records per case. The third file contains original responses from the 1976, 1981, and 1987 waves plus additional created variables. This third wave is logical record length data but has 106 records per case.

Datasets: DS0: Study-Level Files DS1: Merged 1976 and 1981 Data DS2: 1976 Data DS3: Merged 1976, 1981, and 1987 Data DS4: Merged 1976, 1981, and 1987 SPSSx Column Locations DS5: Merged 1976, 1981, and 1987 SPSSx Variable Labels DS6: Merged 1976, 1981, and 1987 SPSSx Value Labels DS7: Codebook, Volume I DS8: Codebook, Volume II

Children between the ages of seven and eleven, or born between September 1, 1964 and December 31, 1969, living in households in the 48 contiguous states.