DESCRIPTION OF FILES ON NEWWS FIVE-YEAR CLIENT-SURVEY PUBLIC USE FILE CD #5 The Five-Year Client Survey File and documentation include: NOTE: All files are in ASCII. \S5PCOVER.TXT provides an introduction to the data and documentation and offers suggestions on how to use the files. \S5README.TXT [this file] describes the files stored on this CD. \NPBCOVER.TXT provides a general introduction to the data and documentation of the NEWWS Evaluation Public Use Files (6-CD set) and offers suggestions on how to use the files. \NEWWS\PUBLIC\5YEAR\SURVEY\DATA\N5PS1726.TXT This is the ASCII data file with responses to sections of the survey administered to all respondents (N=5,463). It includes questions on child care for employment and a limited number of child outcomes. (More detailed information on these subjects can be found in the Child Outcomes Study (COS) Survey file.) The file also contains outcome measures created from survey responses and information on administration of the survey: interview date, mode (phone/in-person), and length. Each sample member has 10 records of data. The file is sorted by each sample member's randomly generated IDNUMBER and record number. IMPORTANT !!!: 1) Survey responses must be weighted to make the findings generalizable to the Full Impact Sample. The variable that weights the responses is called FLD5WGT and is included on the file. SEE N5PSSAMP.TXT and N5PS_IMP.TXT for details. 2) Respondents' background characteristics and administrative records data are stored on the Five-Year Full Sample Impact file. (CD #1) \NEWWS\PUBLIC\5YEAR\SURVEY\CODEBOOK\N5PS_CBK.TXT This file contains the data codebook, a comprehensive description of N5PS1726.TXT. For each variable on the data file the codebook provides the following information: The name of the variable and its starting and ending columns on the ASCII file, the variable's SAS informat (5.0 is the default), the variable label, a brief description of the variable and any issues with the variable. (Note: The data are stored in ASCII, so informats can be changed to conform to any statistical or econometric software package.) The codebook also displays the N, NMISS, MEAN, Standard Deviation, Minimum, and Maximum for each variable. For variables with 51 values or less, a frequency distribution is listed. The frequencies show the value labels. These may be copied and, if necessary, modified to be read into SAS or any other statistical or econometric software package. \NEWWS\PUBLIC\5YEAR\SURVEY\LAYOUT\N5PSIPUT.TXT This file contains the body of a SAS input statement (variable name, starting column, length, informat) which will read N5PS1726.TXT. To run this input statement in SAS you must add the word INPUT to the top line and a semicolon to the bottom line. This statement can be modified to input the data into any statistical or econometric software package. \NEWWS\PUBLIC\5YEAR\SURVEY\MEANS\N5PSMEAN.TXT SAS PROC MEANS output contains the following information for all variables by site: N,Nmiss, Mean, Standard Deviation, Minimum, Maximum \NEWWS\PUBLIC\5YEAR\SURVEY\LABELS\N5PSLABL.TXT SAS variable label statements for each variable of the data file. Labels can be modified to conform to syntax rules of any statistical or econometric software package. \NEWWS\PUBLIC\5YEAR\SURVEY\TABLES \SMP5TBL1.TXT Displays sample sizes for keys subsamples. Variable names are included in table headers. Annotated impact tables of key outcomes calculated with survey data. Variable names are listed on the right side of the tables: Table Outcome \SV5TBL1.TXT Participation in Employment-Related Activities \SV5TBL2.TXT Participation in Employment-Related Activities \SV5TBL3.TXT Participation in Employment-Related Activities \SV5TBL4.TXT Degree Attainment \SV5TBL5.TXT Employment \SV5TBL6.TXT Respondent and Household Income \SV5TBL7.TXT Respondent and Household Income \SV5TBL8.TXT Medical Coverage \SV5TBL9.TXT Medical Coverage \SV5TBL10.TXT Medical Coverage \SV5TBL11.TXT Medical Coverage \SV5TBL12.TXT Household Composition \SV5TBL13.TXT Household Composition \SV5TBL14.TXT Housing Status \SV5TBL15.TXT Child Care \SV5TBL16.TXT Child Outcomes \NEWWS\PUBLIC\5YEAR\SURVEY\MEMOS \RES_MEMO.TXT: Background information on the research design for the NEWWS Evaluation, the research groups in each site, and the random assignment design. \N5PSSAMP.TXT: Background information on the sampling strategy and response rates for the 5-Year Client Survey and 5-Year Child Outcomes Study (COS) Survey. \N5PSVARS.TXT: Background information on outcomes recorded from survey interviews and additional outcome measures created from these data. \N5PS_IMP.TXT: Background information on estimating program impacts.