Child Well-Being and Welfare Module

Brief Summary

With questions drawn from numerous national surveys, this module investigates the association between public assistance program participation and factors that may relate to child well-being (e.g., health care coverage, reliable child care, safe neighborhoods, and  parental employment). In 1998 and 1999, this module was pilot-tested in a random sample of low-income families in Texas. Also, it included a special Medicaid sample obtained from administrative data in Texas and Minnesota.

Quick Facts

• Sponsor(s): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation of the Department of Health and Human Services.
• Period of Data Collection: 1998-1999
• Sample size: 2,192 children
• Sampling Frame: Random-Digit-Dial in Texas (including an oversample of households with children under age 18 years and with a household income below 200 percent of poverty), as well as list samples of known Medicaid participants in Texas and Medicaid and Minnesota Care participants in Minnesota
• Public-Use File:  Available (See View/Download)
• Publications and Presentations Using SLAITS Data

View/Download

• Documentation
  • Texas [TXT - 1 KB]
  • Minnesota [TXT - 2 KB]
• Survey Instrument
  • Texas [PDF - 130 KB]
  • Minnesota [PDF - 123 KB]
• Methodology Report
  • Texas [PDF - 45 KB]
  • Minnesota [PDF - 25 KB]
• Dataset
  • Texas [SAS Dataset - 2.4 MB]
  • Minnesota [SAS Dataset - 900 KB]
• Frequency Counts
  • Texas [PDF - 139 KB]
  • Minnesota [PDF - 111 KB]
• SAS Input Files