Databases Related to Public Assistance Programs

L.A. FANS

The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (L.A.FANS) is a longitudinal study of families in Los Angeles County, California, and of the neighborhoods in which they live. The study focuses on:

  • Neighborhood, family, and peer effects on children's development
  • Effects of welfare reform at the neighborhood level
  • Residential mobility and neighborhood change

The survey content also includes information on participation in public assistance programs.

The first wave of the L.A.FANS was fielded between 2000 and 2001. Fieldwork for Wave 2 of L.A.FANS was conducted between 2006 and 2008. We offer Public Use Data and four versions of Restricted Data. See the comparison table to decide which version is right for you.

CalWORKs Datasets from 1998-2004 Evaluation

All files in SAS XPORT format unless otherwise noted.

1998 All-County Implementation Survey

Readme File

Brief description of available ACIS data files

ACIS Data

SAS transport file containing a SAS data set of the 1998 ACIS. Created using SAS version 8 on a Windows NT Pentium/III-420 computer. Please note, the SAS data set does not contain the text from the verbatim-response questions.

ACIS Data ASCII format

ACIS Data in a comma separated file. The contents of this data file are identical to those found in the SAS transport file under the link ACIS Data.

ACIS Data Formats

SAS macros containing formats and format associations for the variables in acis1998.sd2. %formats executed within a proc format statement will create the formats used when reporting on the data. %fmtstmt within a reporting procedure (such as print, freq, or report) will associate each variable in the data set with a format created by the %formats macro.

ACIS Description

SAS contents and frequencies on all variables in the data set.

1999 All-County Implementation Survey

Readme File

Brief description of available ACIS data files

ACIS Data

SAS transport file containing a SAS data set of the 1999 ACIS. Created using SAS version 8 on a Windows NT Pentium/III-420 computer. Please note, the SAS data set does not contain the text from the verbatim-response questions.

ACIS Data ASCII format

ACIS Data in a comma separated file. The contents of this data file are identical to those found in the SAS transport file under the link ACIS Data.

ACIS Data Formats

SAS macros containing formats and format associations for the variables in acis1999.sd2. %formats executed within a proc format statement will create the formats used when reporting on the data. %fmtstmt within a reporting procedure (such as print, freq, or report) will associate each variable in the data set with a format created by the %formats macro.

ACIS Description

SAS contents and frequencies on all variables in the data set.