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.
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