Finding Data & Statistics: People: Children, Families, Aging

The AECF is a non-profit organization that works on behalf of disadvantaged children and collects data on benchmarks of child well-being.

Data collected in the fall and the spring of kindergarten (1998-99), the fall and spring of first grade (1999-2000), the spring of third grade (2002) and the spring of 8th grade (2007) for the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99. Representative sample of approximately 22,000 children in private and public schools. download data.

Topics well-represented in the archive include sexual orientation, gender roles and the status of women, race, and socio-economic status. Application may need to be made directly to the Murray Research Archive for permission to use the data.

The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect at Cornell University focuses on the field of child maltreatment. NDACAN acquires microdata from leading researchers and national data collection efforts and makes the datasets available to the research community for secondary analysis. NOTE: Application must be made directly to NDACAN for permission to use the data.

This survey provides a comprehensive look at the well-being of children and adults, identifying differences among the 13 states which have been studied in depth: Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin. Sample of over 40,000 families per round.

This is a longitudinal population-based survey of families and households in the United States designed to look at the causes and consequences of changes in family and household structure. Three survey waves are available: Wave 1: 1987-1988; Wave 2: 1992-1994; Wave 3: 2001-2002. (Citation information for each wave is available on the survey's home page.)

Women were asked questions about fertility and contraception, including contraceptive use and pregnancy histories, desired family size, and expectation of further children. The survey reports background information about the respondent and spouse such as education, religion, ethnic origin, occupation, and earnings.

This study follows a birth cohort of mostly unwed parents and their children over a five-year period. The study was designed to provide information on unwed parents, as well as the effects of policies on family formation and child wellbeing.

Assesses the health status and health behaviors of U.S. adults aged 65 years and older and makes recommendations to improve the mental and physical health of all Americans in their later years. The report includes national- and state-based report cards that examine 15 key indicators of older adult health, strategies to improve the health and quality of life of older adults, and state examples that highlight innovative healthy aging efforts at the state and community level.

Provides current data on six key indicators related to the mental health of adults aged 50 years or older from CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Additional information is provided on the topic of depression, an important and emerging public health issue. Includes: Social and Emotional Support, Life Satisfaction, Frequent Mental Distress, Current Depression, Lifetime Diagnosis of Depression, Lifetime Diagnosis of Anxiety Disorder.

Statistics include self-rated health, mean physically unhealthy days, mean mentally unhealthy days, and activity limitation days. Data by age, gender, race, national and state level.
Data from BRFSS.

WISQARS is the Injury Center's interactive, online database that provides customized injury-related mortality data and nonfatal injury data with age filter.

NACDA, located within ICPSR, acquires and preserves data relevant to gerontological research, processing as needed to promote effective research use, disseminates them to researchers, and facilitates their use. Data generally in SPSS and other statistical formats.

OECD countries. Select Health, then Health Statistics then select health care activities. Percent of population 65 and over.

Variables include breakdown of education statistics for older population at 4 year increments and 75+.