The Baltimore Study

At this point in time, there are several projects underway that are making use of the data collected in the Baltimore Study. These include:

Ų Adolescent Problem Behavior (C. Harper): Assesses the impact of childhood family life on youth crime and incarceration. The study focuses on disadvantaged urban minorities.

Ų Life Course Trajectories (F. Furstenberg, K. Foley): Examines the the life course trajectories of both the mothers and their children over the entire time span of the study, with regard to growth in personal attainment, family closeness, and physical and mental health, among other dimensions.

Ų Master Survey File (K. McDonald): The survey master file will be designed to support descriptive and inferential statistical analyses of life course trajectories, and it will help ensure that all reports from the Baltimore study are consistent in the their basic findings.

Ų Neighborhood Context (M.E. Hughes): Examines how neighborhood characteristics influence the development of at-risk youth. A substantial body of theory suggests that the neighborhood context surrounding children and adolescents is an important factor in determining their outcomes.

Ų Socioeconomic Status and Health (K. Foley): This project looks at the longitudinal relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and health over the lifecourses of the Baltimore women and their children. A key focus of this research is whether or not the timing and duration of low SES at different stages of the lifecourse is important to adult health status. The study also explores the roles of environmental, behavioral and psychosocial factors as intermediaries in the relationship between SES and health.

Ų Community Resource and Network Study (R. Rogers-Dillon, L. Haney): This study will investigate the ways in which welfare reform is interpreted by those it targets. Furthermore, the study will examine changes in the redistribution of resources among community and kin networks.

Please contact us if you are working on a project related to the study that has not been listed above (or if you would like to change the description for your current listing).