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NEWWS Riverside data
Description
The National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies (NEWWS) Riverside study. Immediately preceding the welfare reform nationwide in the mid-1990s, welfare applicants in Riverside, California, were assigned at random to either a labor force attachment (LFA) program (Z = 1) or a control condition (Z = 0) in an experimental study. The LFA program, with the goal of eventually weaning participants from the welfare system, emphasized seeking and securing employment, offered job search services, and provided incentives including a threat of sanctions should one fail to meet the program requirements, while the control group members were guaranteed cash assistance without the requirement for employment.
Value
A list containing
trunc_dep12sm2 |
Outcome. Maternal depression among participants at the end of two years after treatment. |
emp |
Mediator. A binary indicator for whether one was employed in any quarter during the 2 years after randomization. |
treat |
Treatment |
emp_prior |
Mediator |
pqtrunc25 |
Preference for taking care of family full time rather than working |
pqtrunc30 |
Too many family problems for full-time or part-time job |
pqtrunc49 |
Cannot go school training due to too much to do |
pqtrunc50 |
Sad past week |
pqtrunc51 |
Depressed past week |
pqtrunc52 |
Blues past week |
pqtrunc53 |
Lonely past week |
hispanic |
Hispanic = 1; otherwise = 0 |
nevmar |
Never married = 1; otherwise = 0 |
nohsdip |
No high school diploma or GED = 1; otherwise = 0 |
AFDC3660 |
On AFDC 36 of past 60 months = 1; otherwise = 0 |
AFDC0_Y1 |
Ever in a situation of not receiving welfare during the first year after randomization = 1; otherwise = 0 |